Intellectual Citizenship and the Problem of Incarnation

Informationen zum Autor By Peter Eglin Klappentext This book asks: "what does it mean to be a responsible academic in a 'northern' university given the incarnate connections between the university's operations and suffering elsewhere?" The author challenges himself and the reader to practice intellectual citizenship everywhere from the classroom to the university commons to the street. Zusammenfassung This book asks: “what does it mean to be a responsible academic in a ‘northern’ university given the incarnate connections between the university’s operations and suffering elsewhere?” The author challenges himself and the reader to practice intellectual citizenship everywhere from the classroom to the university commons to the street. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsPrologue: Fishing for an Academic LifeChapter 1: Incarnation and Intellectual CitizenshipChapter 2: Incarnation and the Neoliberal UniversityChapter 3: Incarnation and the Imperial UniversityChapter 4: Incarnation and the Chauvinist UniversityChapter 5: Incarnation and the Gendered UniversityEpilogue: Corrupting an Academic LifeBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Peter Eglin, Eglin Peter
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2013
• EAN: 9780761859888
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5988-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy & theory of education, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy and theory of education, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Citizenship;Ethics;Philosophy;Sociology