Knowledge and the University: Re-claiming Life

by Soren Bengtsen, Ronald Barnett, Søren S.E. Bengtsen, et al.

Book Overview

For hundreds of years, knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over recent decades, however, it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore. Now, in a post-truth world, knowledge is also treated with suspicion and has become a vehicle for ideologies. Knowledge and the University combats all these ways of thinking. Its central claim is that knowledge is of value because of its connection with life. Knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113833099X
• ISBN13: 9781138330993
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"