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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Toward a Philosophy of Higher Education; The Question of Method; From Theory to Praxis in Higher Education; Reconstruction in Philosophy of Higher Education: A Brief Review; The University in Culture; The Institutional Structure of the University; The Academic in Culture; The Aims and Structures of the Curriculum; Toward a Reconstructive Philosophy of Higher Education; Conclusion; Part I: The Problematic Situation: Challenges Facing Higher Education |
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Chapter 2: Postmodern Worldmaking and the Unanimous AcademyLinguistic Constructivism and â#x80;#x9C;Political Correctnessâ#x80;#x9D;; â#x80;#x9C;The Postmodern View of Truthâ#x80;#x9D;; Rortyâ#x80;#x99;s Pragmatism; Spread of an Era; Linguistic Constructivism and the Academy; Possible Developments; Chapter 3: Neoliberalism, Technology, and the University: Max Weberâ#x80;#x99;s Concept of Rationalization as a Critique of Online Classes in Higher Education; Introduction; Weberâ#x80;#x99;s Ascetic Vocationalism and Rationalization; Calculability and the Capitalist Spirit; Bureaucratic Formalism |
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Markets, Universities, and Online Learning: Rationalization Run AmokChapter 4: Promoting More than Just â#x80;#x9C;Diversityâ#x80;#x9D; at Colleges and Universities; Part II: The Wellspring of Experience: Reflections on Robust Higher Education; Chapter 5: En Route: Toward a Philosophy and Practice of Liberal Education; A Prefatory Note; An Unanticipated Prompt3; A Serendipitous Opportunity; Seminal Influences; The Launch; Growing Consciousness of My Own Learning; Saluting Forerunners12; Distilling Spirits; Wrapping Up; Chapter 6: The Conversation of a University; Clutter; Actions; Practices |
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ConversationMoral Universities; Part III: Generalization: Reconstructive Proposals for the University; Chapter 7: Culture and the University: An Ecological Approach; Introduction; Higher Education and Culture: The Seeming End of a Positive Idea; Critical Difficulties; Academic Culture: Glimpsing It and Losing Sight of It; â#x80;#x9C;Cultureâ#x80;#x9D; and â#x80;#x9C;Universityâ#x80;#x9D;: A Communicative Option?; Keeping Culture and Reason Apart; The University: A Cultural Void?; The End of Culture in the University; Overcoming Squeamishness; An Ecological Approach; Conclusions |
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Chapter 8: Education for Citizenship in an Era of Global ConnectionChapter 9: An African Theory of the Point of Higher Education: Communion as an Alternative to Autonomy, Truth, and Citizenship; Introduction; An Afro-communal Ethic; Communion; Respect for the Capacity to Be Party to Communion; The Communal Final Ends of a University; Foster Socio-economic Well-Being; Promote Virtue; Support Culture; Facilitate Cooperation; Rectify Injustice; Contrasts with More Western Final Ends; Autonomy; Truth; Citizenship |
| Summary |
This edited collection brings together a robust range of philosophers who offer theoretically and critically informed proposals regarding the aims, policies, and structures of the university. The collection fills a major gap in the landscape of higher education theory and practice while concurrently reviving a long and often forgotten discourse within the discipline of philosophy. It includes philosophers from across the globe representing disparate philosophical schools, as well as various career stages, statuses, and standpoints within the university. There is also a diversity in method, approach and style, which varies from personal narratives and case studies, to philosophical genealogies, to traditional philosophical essays, and to systematic theories. The collection can serve as a theoretical resource for critically minded administrators and faculty who wish to analyze and change policies and structures at their home institutions. It will introduce them to a wide range of possible educational imaginaries, as well as provide them with productive suggestions for pragmatic change on campuses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Philosophy
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education, Higher -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stoller, Aaron, 1978- editor.
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Kramer, Eli, editor
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| ISBN |
9783319721286 |
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3319721283 |
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3319721275 |
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9783319721279 |
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