Philosophers on the university : reconsidering higher education /: reconsidering higher education. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ronald Barnett, Amanda Fulford, editors.
• Editors: Barnett, Ronald, 1947-; Fulford, Amanda
• Contents: 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 universitys 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 universitys 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages)
• Subjects: 378.001; 370.1; Education, Higher -- Philosophy; Education, Higher -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3030310612; 9783030310615
• Related ISBNs: 3030310604; 9783030310608
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