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 ofeducation 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.
By:
Marvin Oxenham Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 30 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 610g ISBN:9780415813976 ISBN 10: 0415813972 Series:Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education Pages: 226 Publication Date:11 March 2013 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Marvin Oxenham is in the Education department at Kings College London, UK.