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Knowledge and the university : re-claiming life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barnett, Ronald, 1947- (Author), Bengtsen, Søren Smedegaard (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Universities and colleges > Aims and objectives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the life-enhancing university
  • Part I
  • The university and life
  • Life in truth and truth in life
  • The real thing
  • Re-placing the humanities
  • Where's the life in academic knowledge?
  • Interlude: On life
  • Part II
  • The spirit of academic knowledge
  • More than mere debate
  • A will to know
  • Living with darkness
  • Edifying knowledge
  • A culture of lively discourse
  • Part III
  • Cultivating knowledge in the university
  • Living reason
  • Widening the knowledge ecology
  • Reaching out
  • Coda: Re-enchanting the university.