Higher education in liquid modernity /

Higher education in liquid modernity /

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Author / Creator:	Oxenham, Marvin, author.
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2013.
Description:	xv, 225 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 30 Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; 30.
Subject:	Education, Higher -- Philosophy. Postmodernism and higher education. Holistic education. Education, Higher -- Philosophy. Holistic education. Postmodernism and higher education.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9104910

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ISBN:	9780415813976 (hardback) 0415813972 (hardback) 9780203067727 (ebk)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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 of education 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"--Provided by publisher.

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