Knowledge and the University: Re-claiming Life

ISBN-13: 9781138330993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 198 str.

Ronald Barnett; Soren Bengtsen

Opis

This book considers how the concept of knowledge can be reclaimed in an era of post truth and alternative fact, provides conceptual tools for people to think and debate about knowledge and education in new ways and offers a clear focus for the future development of academia.

Spis treści

Part I The university and life; 1 Life in truth and truth in life; 2 The real thing; 3 Re-placing the humanities; 4 Where's the life in academic knowledge?; Part II The spirit of knowledge; 5 More than mere debate; 6 A will to know; 7 Living with darkness; 8 Edifying knowledge; 9 A culture of lively discourse; Part III Cultivating knowledge in the university; 10 Living reason; 11 Widening the knowledge ecology; 12 Reaching out