Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality

Informationen zum Autor Michael O'Sullivan is Associate Professor in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has worked for universities in Ireland, the UK, the US, Japan and Hong Kong. He has published widely in education, literary studies and philosophy. Klappentext The image of the university is tarnished: economists argue that modern universities foster 'meritocratic extremism'; educationalists say they perpetuate inequality; novelists describe for us the 'barbaric rituals' of academics and philosophers say universities are engaged in 'practices of barbarism'. This book examines how these aspects of the modern university have transformed its educational philosophy and modes of transmission to the extent that the university fosters a form of academic barbarism. New theories of barbarism have emerged alongside a philosophical discourse that is redefining identity in terms of the posthuman and the beastly. Our philosophers are attempting to rescue back what remains of the human as barbarism takes hold. This book examines how recent philosophies of education! new readings of the economics of the university! new technologies affecting research and access! and contemporary novelists' representations of university life are all describing a global university that has given up on its promise of greater educational equality. Zusammenfassung The image of the university is tarnished: this book examines how recent philosophies of education! new readings of its economics! new technologies affecting research and access! and contemporary novelists' representations of university life all describe a global university that has given up on its promise of greater educational equality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Academic Barbarism: Practice and Transmission 3. Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality 4. Academic Barbarism and the Literature of Concealment: Roberto Bolaño and W. G. Sebald 5. Aaron Swartz, New Technologies and The Myth of Open Access 6. Academic Barbarism and the Asian University: The Case of Hong Kong 7. Conclusion ...

Table des matières

1. Introduction
2. Academic Barbarism: Practice and Transmission
3. Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality
4. Academic Barbarism and the Literature of Concealment: Roberto Bolaño and W. G. Sebald
5. Aaron Swartz, New Technologies and The Myth of Open Access
6. Academic Barbarism and the Asian University: The Case of Hong Kong
7. Conclusion

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: &apos, O&apos, M. O'Sullivan, Michael O'Sullivan, Michael O''sullivan, Michael Sullivan
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781137547606
• ISBN: 978-1-137-54760-6
• Pages: 185
• Thèmes: Palgrave Critical University Studies; Palgrave Critical University S; Palgrave Critical University Studies
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Formation d'adultes; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; B, Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung, Bildungsstrategien und -politik, Education, philosophy of education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Organization and Leadership, higher education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, School management and organization, School administration, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Educational strategies and policy