Towards a Political Theory of the University: Public Reason, Democracy and Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9781138610262 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str.

Morgan White

Opis

The political role that higher education plays has been insufficiently addressed by academics in recent decades. By applying Habermas’ theory of communicative action, this book seeks to reconnect educational and political theory and provide an institutional analysis which complements the recent focus on the intersections between political philosophy and legal theory.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The University and the Public Sphere  2. Higher Education and Economies of Worth  3. The Role of the University in a Democracy  4. Academic Authority, Trust, and Reliance  5. Higher Education and Citizenship  6. The Ivory Tower and Public Life  7. The Corruption of Democracy and Education  8. Implications for Policy and Practice  9. Towards a Modern Democratic Society  10. Concluding remarks: Communicative Rationality and the Cultural Impoverishment of the University

O autorze

Morgan White was a tutor in Philosophy of Education at University of Cambridge, UK and a lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He received his PhD from University of Manchester, UK, and has a particular interest in the public role of higher education, social justice, deliberative democracy and tensions with instrumental learning.