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Rethinking knowledge within higher education : Adorno and social justice

By Adorno , Theodor W , Theodor W.; McArthur , Jan; Adorno

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2013
ISBN
9781441120854, 1441120858, 978-1-4411-9633-0, 1441196331
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1077733 bytes)
Pages
186\195
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Rethinking Knowledge within Higher Education argues for a higher education that is neither a romantic idyll of learning for its own sake nor an instrumental institution designed to train a willing workforce for the prevailing economic system. Instead, using analysis informed by critical theorist Theodor Adorno, this book argues that higher education should have social and economic roles at its heart, and that these should encompass the needs of all society. The key to achieving this purpose without privilege lies in the ways in which knowledge is understood and engaged with in higher education. Read more... Abstract: Explores the relationship between knowledge in higher education and social justice. Read more...

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