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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- The University in Ruins
- Book Title
- The University in Ruins
- ISBN
- 0674929527
- EAN
- 9780674929524
- Binding
- Hardback
- Date of Publication
- 1996-05-01
- Release Title
- The University in Ruins
- Artist
- Readings, Bill
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
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- Subject Area
- Experimental Psychology
- Publication Name
- The University in Ruins
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Subject
- Coaching & Career Guidance
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 235 mm
- Item Weight
- 490 g
- Item Width
- 155 mm
- Number of Pages
- 250 Pages
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It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes all mean. Is a new age dawning for the University, the renaissance of higher education under way? Or is the University in the twilight of its social function, the demise of higher education fast approaching? We can answer such questions only if we look carefully at the different roles the university has played historically and then imagine how it might be possible to live, and to think, amid the ruins of the University. Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that historically the integrity of the modern University has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. But now the nation-state is in decline, and national culture no longer needs to be either promoted or protected. Increasingly, universities are turning into transnational corporations, and the idea of culture is being replaced by the discourse of excellence . On the surface, this does not seem particularly pernicious. The author cautions, however, that we should not embrace this techno-bureaucratic appeal too quickly. The new University of Excellence is a corporation driven by market forces, and, as such, is more interested in profit margins than in thought. Readings urges us to imagine how to think without concession to corporate excellence or recourse to romantic nostalgia within an institution in ruins.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13
9780674929524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Number of Pages
250 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The University in Ruins
Publication Year
1996
Subject
Coaching & Career Guidance
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Experimental Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
235 mm
Item Weight
490 g
Item Width
155 mm
Additional Product Features
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United States
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