Allan Patience

The Idea of the Public University (eBook, PDF)

Discovering and Teaching Knowledge in a Confused World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book sheds light on the risk of losing the authoritative knowledge discovered and taught by public universities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000684926
• Artikelnr.: 64380255

Autorenporträt

Allan Patience was educated at Monash University and the London School of Economics (LSE). He holds as PhD from the University of Melbourne. He has held chairs in universities in Australia and overseas and visiting academic appointments in the United Kingdom, Japan, and China. He is an honorary fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Is the End Nigh for the Public University? 2. Universities
as Knowledge Sanctuaries: A Brief Historical Overview 3. John Henry
Newman's The Idea of a University 4. Newman's Idea: Contra and Pro 5.
Wilhelm von Humboldt: Education Reformer 6. Humboldt's Ideal University 7.
The Public University in a Conflicted Twentieth Century 8. The Ideological
University 9. Conclusion: Reimagining the Public University