White Towards a Political Theory of the University

Public reason, democracy and higher education
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-35905-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Reihe: New Directions in the Philosophy of Education

At a basic level, the university is regarded in instrumental and economic terms, conflating ethical-political considerations into the economic and diminishing the function of the university in developing and sustaining culture. The political role that higher education plays has been insufficiently addressed by academics in recent decades while the development of social media means the ways in which ‘public opinion’ is formed have changed. By applying Habermas’ theory of communicative action, this book seeks to reconnect educational and political theory and provide an institutional analysis which complements the recent focus on the intersections between political philosophy and legal theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Morgan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Prologue: The Policy Story 1. The Economies of Worth of Higher Education 2. The Rational-Reconstructive Role of the University 3. Academic Authority, Trust, and Reliance 4. Higher Education and Problems of Citizenship Formation 5. The Ivory Tower and Public Life 6. The Corruption of Democracy and Education 7. Implications for Policy and Practice. Concluding Comments.

Über Autor(innen)

Morgan White is a Tutor in Philosophy of Education at University of Cambridge, UK. He received his PhD from University of Manchester, UK, and has a particular interest in the public role of higher education, social justice, deliberative democracy and tensions with instrumental learning.