Culture and the University: Education, Ecology, Design Barnett Ronald
Culture and the University: Education, Ecology, Design Barnett Ronald Not long ago, it was understood that universities and culture were intimately related. Culture and the University confronts this…
Specifikacia Culture and the University: Education, Ecology, Design Barnett Ronald
Culture and the University: Education, Ecology, Design Barnett Ronald
Not long ago, it was understood that universities and culture were intimately related. Culture and the University confronts this situation. However, to a large extent, that understanding has faded.
The authors argue that the university should be and can be an institution of culture, of great cultural significance in the digital age, and exercise cultural leadership in society. Written by three leading scholars of higher education and the philosophy of higher education, the book opens the debate about the cultural purpose of universities and higher education. This wide-ranging and polemic text addresses a range of subjects including environmentalism, citizenship, post-truth, the ethical implications of technology and feminist philosophy.
The authors build on the work of key philosophers of the university from Aristotle, Nietzsche and Heidegger to Donna Haraway, Terry Eagleton and
Political Ecology of Education