Being a university

by Barnett, Ronald

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Title Statements

Full title :Being a university / Ronald Barnett.

Summary

There is no single idea of the university. 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. But what might lie ahead?

Being a University charts and critiques this conceptual development and examines the future possibilities for the idea of the university. Ronald Barnett pursues this quest through an exploration of pairs of contending concepts that speak to the idea of the university - such as space and time; being and becoming; and culture and anarchy. On this foundation is developed an imaginative exposition of possible ideas of the university, including the liquid university and the authentic university.

Being a University should be essential reading for all professionals and academics in Higher Education, as well as those with an interest in educational policy and politics, and the philosophy, sociology and theory of education. --Book Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 188 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415592666, 0415592666, 9780415592680, 0415592682, 9780203842485, 0203842480
oclc:ocn606776829
LC Classification:LB2322.2
Dewey Decimal:378.001

Introduction: being possible -- pt. 1 Critiquing being -- The metaphysical university -- The scientific university -- The entrepreneurial university -- The bureaucratic university -- pt. 2 Contending concepts -- Being and becoming -- Space and time -- Culture and anarchy -- Authenticity and responsibility -- pt. 3 Becoming possible -- The liquid university -- The therapeutic university -- The authentic university -- The ecological university -- Coda: the spirit of the university.

Subjects

Education Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives Enseignement supérieur -- Finalités Hochschulbildung Högskoleutbildning -- teori, filosofi Postmoderne Postmodernism Postmodernism and education Postmodernisme et éducation Universités -- Philosophie Universitet -- idéhistoriska aspekter Universities and colleges -- Philosophy Wertwandel