The university becoming : perspectives from philosophy and social theory / / Søren S. E. Bengtsen, Sarah Robinson and Wesley Shumar (editors)

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.001
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy and social sciences; Education, Higher; Education - Philosophy; Educació superior; Universitats
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): RobinsonSarah <1957->; ShumarWesley; BengtsenSøren S. E.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction - The University Becoming -- The Integrity of the University -- Reclaiming the Idea of the University -- The University Sprawling -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I: Higher Education and Its Societal Contexts -- Chapter 2: The Philosophy of Higher Education: Forks, Branches and Openings -- Introduction -- Metaphors for Higher Education -- Universities and Higher Education: A Real Situation -- Epistemic Injustice: A Local Matter -- Becoming a University -- A University in Motion and so Subject to Risk -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Higher Education and the Politics of Need -- The Thesis: A Structure of Feeling -- Excess and Utility: A General Economy -- No Future: The "Need" for Higher Education -- The Politics of Needs: A Wasteful Higher Education -- Sovereignty in Higher Education: A Conclusion of Sorts -- References -- Chapter 4: Education as Promise: Learning from Hannah Arendt -- Introduction -- Arendt: The Thinker -- New Beginnings -- The Power of Promise -- Truth and Deliberation -- References -- Chapter 5: Can Academics Be Trusted to Be Truth-Tellers More Than the Rest of Society? -- Introduction -- Trustworthiness of the University -- Self-Deception as an Existential Dilemma -- What Can the Higher Education Institution Do? -- Concluding Remarks: Self-Trust at the Foundations of Higher Education -- References -- Part II: Student Being and Becoming -- Chapter 6: Higher Education: Learning How to Pay Attention -- Introduction -- Pedagogical Form and Intellectual Content -- Conceptual Form and Academic Content -- Learning How to Pay Attention -- A Time and Place for Thinking -- References -- Chapter 7: In Search of Student Time: Student Temporality and the Future University -- Introduction -- Functional Time -- ECTS Time. ; The Accelerated Curriculum -- Study Intensity and Micromanagement of Students' Time -- The Quality Agenda and the Commodification of Time -- Lived Time -- Glimpsing Ecological Time -- References -- Chapter 8: A Kantian Perspective on Integrity as an Aim of Student Being and Becoming -- Formula of Humanity -- Introduction -- The Formula of Humanity: Examination of Core Terms -- Humanity and Being an End -- Treating Oneself Always as an End or Only as a Means -- Treating Another Always as an End or Only as a Means -- Understandings of Integrity Through the Formula's Lens -- 1. Identity -- 2. Self-constitution -- 3. Standing for Something -- 4. Virtue -- Conclusion: A Possible Kantian Theory of Integrity -- References -- Chapter 9: An Entrepreneurial Ecology for Higher Education: A New Approach to Student Formation -- Introduction -- The Entrepreneurial Turn in Higher Education -- What Is Value? -- Entrepreneurship of Absence -- Alien Entrepreneurship -- Conclusion: Universities as Central Institutions in Contemporary Society -- References -- Part III: The Idea of the Future University -- Chapter 10: Philosophy for the Playful University - Towards a Theoretical Foundation for Playful Higher Education -- Introduction: Gamified Higher Education -- The State of Play: From Gamified to Playful Higher Education -- To Play or Not to Play: On the Distinction Between Play and Playfulness -- Playframe 1: Curiosity - Play as Life and Force and HE as Exploratorium -- Playframe 2: Creativity - Play as Form and Act and HE as Experimentarium -- Playframe 3: Communality - Play as Fellowship and Culture and HE as Collaboratorium -- Conclusion: Towards a Genuine Playful University -- References -- Chapter 11: The Migrant University -- Higher Education as Neoliberal, Biopolitical Project, and Latinx (Im)migrant Communities -- The Figure of the Migrant and Kinopolitics. ; Figure of the Migrant -- Kinopolitics and Expansion by Expulsion -- Pedetic Force - The Power of the Foot -- The Raid -- The Revolt -- The Rebellion -- The Resistance -- The Migrant University -- References -- Chapter 12: The Student as Consumer or Citizen of Academia and Academic Bildung -- Introduction -- Bildung and Academic Bildung -- Unpacking the Scandinavian Bildung Tradition of Higher Education Empirically -- Different Conceptions of Bildung in the Daily Discourse on Higher Education -- Academic Citizen or Consumer? -- The Structure of Epistemic Practices Acute for Academic Bildung -- The Student in a Future Higher Education -- References -- Chapter 13: Creating Experimenting Communities in the Future University -- Introduction -- The University, Lost and Found -- Learning Processes and Digital Technologies -- Context and Background -- Experimenting Communities and Digital Media -- A Framework for Supporting Experimenting Communities -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Coda: Perpetuum Mobile -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The university becoming
• ISBN: 3-030-69628-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488726703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives