The university in ruins /

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 will mean. Is a new age dawning for the University, the renaissance of higher education under way? Or is the U...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Readings, Bill, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
Higher education and state.
Nationalism and education.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale.
Nationalisme et éducation.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Hoger onderwijs.
Onderwijsbeleid.
Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique publique.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Diane Elam
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Idea of Excellence
  • 3. The Decline of the Nation-State
  • 4. The University within the Limits of Reason
  • 5. The University and the Idea of Culture
  • 6. Literary Culture
  • 7. Culture Wars and Cultural Studies
  • 8. The Posthistorical University
  • 9. The Time of Study: 1968
  • 10. The Scene of Teaching
  • 11. Dwelling in the Ruins
  • 12. The Community of Dissensus.

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