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A Sanctuary of Their Own

Intellectual Refugees in the Academy

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A Sanctuary of Their Own

Intellectual Refugees in the Academy

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What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of a liberal education with new educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? Richly grounding his arguments in the social philosophy of European and American intellectuals, Raphael Sassower explores Western culture's long-standing ambivalence toward 'the life of the mind.' He shows how and why this historical legacy contributes to today's confusion over goals and values in contemporary education. He sheds new light on many of today's controversies, showing why the demands of technology and a global economy increase society's need for 'educational sanctuaries' of liberal education, intellectual 'play' and social consciousness that may better serve the diverse and often conflicting needs of a changing world.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 The Life of the Mind
Chapter 3 The Emerging Academic Model
Chapter 4 Intellectual Responsibility
Chapter 5 Academic Confusions
Chapter 6 Academics as Visionaries and Prophets
Chapter 7 Bibliography

Product details

Published May 30 2000
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 144
ISBN 9781461616504
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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