Montefiore, Andrew Graham, Leszek Kolakowski

Neutrality and Impartiality

The University and Political Commitment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the role of the university in society and that of university teachers in relation to their subjects, students, and wider political commitments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780521099233
• ISBN-10: 0521099234
• Artikelnr.: 26625695

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Alan Montefiore
Part I. Alan Montefiore: 1. Preliminaries
2. Neutrality, indifference and detachment
3. Objectivity, impartiality and open-mindedness
4. Disinterestedness, independence and lack of bias
5. The concept of the political
6. The concept of the academic
Part II: 1. Impartiality and bias in economics Andrew Graham
2. Neutrality and academic values Leszek Kolakowski
3. 'Le neutre' and philosophical discourse Louis Marin
4. Neutrality in the university Charles Taylor
5. Politics in the academe C. L. Ten
6. The academic and the political W. L. Weinstein
Part III. Alan Montefiore: 1. Kolakowski
2. Taylor
3. Marin
4. The concept of the political again
5. Weinstein, Graham and Ten
Appendix: the concept of evaluation.