Rise of Neoliberal Philosophy - Human Capital, Profitable Knowledge, and the Love of Wisdom

Brandon Absher demonstrates that the neoliberalization of higher education has led to a paradigm shift in contemporary philosophy in the United States. Neoliberal philosophy aims to produce human capital and profitable knowledge.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Philosophy in the Neoliberal University
Chapter 2: The Performativity of Neoliberal Philosophy
Chapter 3: The One-Dimensionality of Neoliberal Philosophy
Chapter 4: Diversity and Neoliberal Philosophy
Chapter 5: Toward an Alternative Paradigm
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

By Brandon Absher

Summary

Brandon Absher demonstrates that the neoliberalization of higher education has led to a paradigm shift in contemporary philosophy in the United States. Neoliberal philosophy aims to produce human capital and profitable knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Brandon Absher
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781793615985
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-598-5
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; USA, Political Ideologies, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Higher education, tertiary education, Political ideologies and movements, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge