Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals, Universities, and Publics in Transformation

by Michael D. Kennedy and Michael D Kennedy

Book Overview

Heralding a push for higher education to adopt a more global perspective, the term "globalizing knowledge" is today a popular catchphrase among academics and their circles. The complications and consequences of this desire for greater worldliness, however, are rarely considered critically. In this groundbreaking cultural-political sociology of knowledge and change, Michael D. Kennedy rearticulates questions, approaches, and case studies to clarify...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804793433
• ISBN13: 9780804793438
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"