Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-54760-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 3403 g

Reihe: Palgrave Critical University Studies

The image of the university is tarnished: this book examines how recent philosophies of education, new readings of its economics, new technologies affecting research and access, and contemporary novelists' representations of university life all describe a global university that has given up on its promise of greater educational equality.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Sullivan, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Academic Barbarism: Practice and Transmission

3. Academic Barbarism, Universities and Inequality

4. Academic Barbarism and the Literature of Concealment: Roberto Bolaño and W. G. Sebald

5. Aaron Swartz, New Technologies and The Myth of Open Access

6. Academic Barbarism and the Asian University: The Case of Hong Kong

7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Michael O'Sullivan is Associate Professor in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has worked for universities in Ireland, the UK, the US, Japan and Hong Kong. He has published widely in education, literary studies and philosophy.