Courses in Courage: Antioch College and the Social Sciences Book

Earlier than other social scientists did, the contributors to this book explored emerging areas of study such as-gender equity, political violence, peace, and conflict-and shaped these areas for the current generation of social scientists and those to follow. Their interdisciplinary, problem-centered, and rigorous scholarship has brought them the accolades of their professional and other scholarly associations. They have achieved national and international acclaim for their scholarship and hold or held prestigious positions at some of the best schools in the United States and abroad.

These six contributors came together on October 24, 2003 at Antioch College as representatives of the post-World War II period when Antioch was a nebula that fashioned intellectual, cultural, and political stars. They reflected on their personal backgrounds, their scholarship, and the role that Antioch College had in building on the first and training for the second.

In these pages, they speak to an element of the social sciences often ignored-courage. They address the place of values in social science, the challenges they addressed in their careers, and the challenge for future social scientists and their students to continue interdisciplinary, problem-centered, relevant, and rigorous social analysis.