Being a university

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The work Being a university represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Being a university

Statement of responsibility

Ron Barnett

Creator

• Barnett, Ronald, 1947-
• Barnett, Ronald, 1947-

Subject

• Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
• Postmodernism and education
• Universities and colleges -- Philosophy

Language

eng

Summary

• There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But what might lie ahead?
• Being a University charts and critiques this conceptual development and examines the future possibilities for the idea of the university. Ronald Barnett pursues this quest through an exploration of pairs of contending concepts that speak to the idea of the university - such as space and time; being and becoming; and culture and anarchy. On this foundation is developed an imaginative exposition of possible ideas of the university, including the liquid university and the authentic university
• Being a University should be essential reading for all professionals and academics in Higher Education, as well as those with an interest in educational policy and politics, and the philosophy, sociology and theory of education. --Book Jacket

Member of

• Foundations and futures of education

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Foundations and futures of education