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| Aug 11, 2020 at 18:17 | comment | added | vk5tu | @Psychonaut It's not only a practice of authoritarian countries. In 1964 Goethe University of Frankfurt and Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich removed the degrees of Josef Mengele (ref: uni-frankfurt.de/68268693/Josef_Mengele). Although perhaps this is better covered under "Personal Misconduct" than "Political Activities". | |
| Aug 10, 2020 at 18:10 | comment | added | cag51♦ | vk5tu, psychonaut -- I didn't have time to read the links, but from your comments, I think your points could be valuable and encourage you to edit this answer accordingly. | |
| Aug 10, 2020 at 12:37 | comment | added | Psychonaut | I have provided an answer to the original question that addresses politically motivated revocations in authoritarian or non-Western countries. They certainly have happened in the not-too-distant past, and probably still occur in some places. We shouldn't presume here that we are always writing to a Western audience. | |
| Aug 10, 2020 at 1:56 | comment | added | vk5tu | "revoking a degree based on political activities ... we not aware of such cases having happened". Consider the claims in this 1982 letter to Science: science.sciencemag.org/content/216/4544/360.1 That letter details such a case by the USSR, and references apparently well-known cases in 1930's Germany. | |
| Aug 9, 2020 at 23:33 | history | edited | Azor Ahai -him- | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2020 at 20:47 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Good point. I took a stab at a fix -- edits welcome. | |
| Aug 9, 2020 at 20:47 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2020 at 20:38 | comment | added | David Z | Maybe just make it say "Not political activities". Though I'm speculatively thinking it might be beneficial to edit the question to be along the lines of "Can my degree be revoked for this reason?" so posting an answer of "Political activities: NO" makes more sense in context. | |
| Aug 9, 2020 at 15:17 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | As the only answer on the page where the answer is "no" (at least currently), it should be distinguished so the reader doesn't scroll through and think the answer is "yes." However, i'm not quite sure how to do that, so I leave it for someone feeling more inspired. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 23:43 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | I gave a stab at an edit along @DavidZ 's suggestions. I also wonder if there might be some exceptions in countries with authoritarian or theological leanings, though I suspect those countries would tend to use imprisonment or other means rather than revoking degrees. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 23:41 | history | edited | Bryan Krause♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2020 at 23:25 | comment | added | David Z | That's a good point. My thinking is just that, when someone says something is "remotely possible" or "would never happen under normal circumstances" or such, some people still latch on to that perceived tiny chance that it might actually happen. (The good old "So you're saying there's a chance?") That's why I tend to gravitate toward using stronger wording, e.g. "completely unheard of" or "practically impossible", and that would be how I'd go here unless/until we actually do have an example of a degree being revoked for political activity. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 23:02 | comment | added | cag51♦ | My thinking was that most questions have asked about mainstream political debate (e.g., the linked question is about "anti-wokeness"), but some very extreme political opinions (e.g., a high-profile neo-nazi) could have different considerations. Though I admit that I'm not aware of any neo-nazis having their degree revoked, so perhaps your point still stands. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 21:42 | comment | added | David Z | I think it would be useful to have stronger wording here than "would not normally", given that this is never known to have happened. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 6:24 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Aug 8, 2020 at 6:16 | history | answered | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
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