Philosophers on the University (eBook, PDF)

Reconsidering Higher Education
Redaktion: Barnett, Ronald; Fulford, Amanda

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Shows how philosophy can illuminate key issues in understanding higher education and the university Brings out key aspects of the thinking of leading philosophers and thinkers

Widens and deepens the higher education debate

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030310615
• Artikelnr.: 58751129

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory essay: Considering higher education: thinking it through; Ronald Barnett and Amanda Fulford.- Part I: Questioning the University.- 2. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900): The will to power and the university; Søren ø. E. Bengtsen.- 3. Theodor Adorno (1903-1969): Restless, fractured and uncomfortable thought; Jan McArthur.- 4. Ernest Gellner (1925-1995): Nought for the university's comfort? Ronald Barnett.- 5. Roy Bhaskar (1944-2014): The idea of a university; David Scott.- Part II: Culture and the University.- 6. F. R. Leavis (1895-1978): Thought, words and creativity and the university; Steven Cranfield.- 7. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): Embodying a promise in the university; Jon Nixon.- 8. José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955): The university's social mission - to enrich individual potential; John Wyatt.- 9. Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-): Philosophy and the university; John Haldane.- Part III: Letting Learn.- 10. Martin Heidegger (1889-1976): Higher education as thinking; Paul Gibbs.- 11. Karl Jaspers (1883-1969): Truth, academic freedom and student autonomy; Stephen Burwood.- 12. Stanley Cavell (1926-2018): Higher education and the development of voice; Amanda Fulford.- Part IV: Higher Education and Democracy.- 13. John Dewey (1859-1952): Democratic hope through higher education; Naoko Saito.- 14. Jacques Rancière (1940-): Higher education as a place for radical equality; Joris Vlieghe.- 15. Jürgen Habermas (1929-): The importance of higher education for democracy; Ted Fleming.- Index.