Rethinking the University: Structure, Critique, Vocation - Softcover

Lee, Soo Tian

 
9781910761069: Rethinking the University: Structure, Critique, Vocation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1910761060 ISBN 13: 9781910761069
Publisher: Counterpress, 2018

Synopsis

Rethinking the University: Structure, Critique, Vocation is an attempt to escape the discursive ruts that characterize debates over higher education in the United Kingdom. It explores three distinct perspectives inspired by Kojin Karatani’s ‘triad of concepts’—instrumentalism, idealism, and community—which the author further develops trans-genealogically to open the way to a heterodox reading of the post-war British university. To deal with the co-existence of these three perspectives, this book focuses on the idea of vocation and concludes with a plea for a university oriented towards the future, engaged in the present, and grounded in an appreciation of the past.

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About the Author

Soo Tian Lee, PhD, is an independent researcher and a former sessional lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London.

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Publisher
Counterpress
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1910761060
ISBN 13 
9781910761069
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224