Concept of a University - With a New Introduction By the Author

Taking on the challenge of the postmodernists of politics, Kenneth Minogue argues forcefully and persuasively that the current dominant philosophies of education rest upon a mistake

List of contents

Introduction Of Heels and Hammers; One: The Problem of Identification; 1: The Beginning of Universities; 2: Religion and Academic Freedom; 3: Lectures, Dons and Undergraduates : Institutional Resilience; 4: The Academic and the Practical Worlds; Two: Imitations of the Academic; 5: The Battle of Beliefs; 6: Journalism: Nutshell Truths for the Breakfast Table; 7: The Ideological Imitation: The Dangers of a Little Learning; 8: Is the Academic World Itself Ideological?; Three: The Siege of Academe; 9: The Doctrine of Social Adaptation; 10: The Doctrine of Social Transformation; 11: The Secret University

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Kenneth Minogue

Summary

Taking on the challenge of the postmodernists of politics, Kenneth Minogue argues forcefully and persuasively that the current dominant philosophies of education rest upon a mistake

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Minogue
• Assisted by: Kenneth Minogue (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138534810
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53481-0
• No. of pages: 231
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system