Higher Education in Liquid Modernity Hardback
by Marvin Oxenham
Part of the Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education series
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Based in sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s theory of liquid modernity, this volume describes and critiques key aspects and practices of liquid education--education as market-driven consumption, short life span of useful knowledge, overabundance of information--through a systematic comparison with ancient Greek paideia and medieval university education, producing a sweeping analysis of the history and philosophy ofeducation for the purpose of understanding current higher education, positing a more holisitic alternative model in which students are embedded in a learning commutity that is itself embedded in a larger society.
If liquid modernity has left a vacuum where, according to Bauman, the pilot’s cabin is empty, this volume argues that no structure is better positioned to fill this vacuum than the university and outlines a renewed vision of social transformation through higher education.
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- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:11/03/2013
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:226 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:11/03/2013
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- ISBN:9780415813976