Humanism betrayed : theory, ideology and culture in the contemporary university /

"In Humanism Betrayed Graham Good offers a defence of liberal humanism against the illiberal trends, political and intellectual, that dominate today's university. He uses the McEwen Report episode at the University of British Columbia to illustrate the current political climate in universi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Good, Graham
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.
Sujets:
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Humanistic.
Enseignement supérieur > Philosophie.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités.
Éducation humaniste.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Higher > Philosophy
Education, Humanistic
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Political correctness in Canada: the McEwen report on the political science department at UBC
  • The new sectarianism: gender, race, sexual orientation
  • Theory 1: Marx, Freud, Nietzsche
  • Theory 2: Constructionism, ideology, textuality
  • Presentism: postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism
  • The carceral vision: Geertz, Greenblatt, Foucault, and culture as constraint
  • The liberal humanist vision: Northrup Frye and culture as freedom
  • Conclusion: the hegemony of theory and the managerial university.

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