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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812114803321

Autore

Maxwell Nicholas

Titolo

How universities can help create a wiser world : the urgent need for an academic revolution / / Nicholas Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-84540-747-4

1-84540-748-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Societas essays in political & cultural modernism

Disciplina

306.432

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Social aspects

Educational sociology

Universities and colleges - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Quotation; Dedication; Body matter; Chapter 1: The Basic Idea; Chapter 2: Wisdom-Inquiry; Chapter 3: How Wisdom-Inquiry Helps Solve Global Problems; Chapter 4: Is the Wisdom Revolution Underway?; Chapter 5: Policies for a Wiser World; Back matter; References; Critical acclaim

Sommario/riassunto

In order to make progress towards a better world we need to learn how to do it. And for that we need institutions of learning rationally designed and devoted to helping us solve our global problems, make progress towards a better world. It is just this that we lack at present. Our universities pursue knowledge. They are neither designed nor devoted to helping humanity learn how to tackle global problems - problems of living - in more intelligent, humane and effective ways. That, this book ar...