Sanctuary of Their Own - Intellectual Refugees in the Academy

Informationen zum Autor Raphael Sassower is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books, including The Price of Public Intellectuals (2014), Religion and Sports in American Culture (2014), Digital Exposure: Postmodern Postcapitalism (2013) and Solo: Postmodern Explorations (2011). Klappentext What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of a liberal education with new educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? Richly grounding his arguments in the social philosophy of European and American intellectuals, Raphael Sassower explores Western culture's long-standing ambivalence toward 'the life of the mind.' Zusammenfassung What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of liberal education with educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized! global marketplace? This text explores Western culture's longstanding ambivalence toward "the life of the mind". Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 The Life of the Mind Chapter 3 The Emerging Academic Model Chapter 4 Intellectual Responsibility Chapter 5 Academic Confusions Chapter 6 Academics as Visionaries and Prophets Chapter 7 Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Sassower
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2000
• EAN: 9780847698431
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9843-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire; Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology