Being a university

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Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. This title charts this conceptual development and examines the possibilities for the idea of the university.

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Full title :Being a university / Ron Barnett.

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Publication Date:2011.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 188 pages)

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ISBN:9780203842485, 0203842480
oclc:ocn692197563
LC Classification:LB2322.2
Dewey Decimal:378.001

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Being possible; Part I: Critiquing being; 1 The metaphysical university; 2 The scientific university; 3 The entrepreneurial university; 4 The bureaucratic university; Part II: Contending concepts; 5 Being and becoming; 6 Space and time; 7 Culture and anarchy; 8 Authenticity and responsibility; Part III: Becoming possible; 9 The liquid university; 10 The therapeutic university; 11 The authentic university; 12 The ecological university; Coda: The spirit of the university; Notes; Bibliography; Subject index; Name index.

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Education, Higher Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives Electronic books Enseignement supérieur -- Finalités Hochschulbildung Postmoderne Postmodernism and education Postmodernisme et éducation Universités -- Philosophie Universities and colleges -- Philosophy Wertwandel