Beyond the Modern University: Toward a Constructive Postmodern University - Couverture rigide

Ford, Marcus P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0897897943 ISBN 13 : 9780897897945

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2002

Synopsis

The modern university, which has its origins in 18th and 19th century Germany, is currently at war within itself. It seeks to portray itself on the one hand as an engine of economic development and, on the other hand, as existing for the sake of disinterested scholarly reflection and as a repository for human culture. The author outlines an entirely different conception of what the university must become if it is to be a force for good in the world.

The author contends that the modern university actively participates in the breakdown of human communities and the destruction of the natural world. He identifies the university's commitments to academic disciplines, philosophical materialism, and economism (the modern faith that infinite economic growth is both possible and desirable) as the roots of its negative impact, and calls for changes that would make the university a powerful agent for good in the world.

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À propos de l?auteur

MARCUS PETER FORD is Associate Professor of Humanities, at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0897897943
• ISBN 13: 9780897897945
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
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• Personne responsable: non disponible