The moral collapse of the university : professionalism, purity, and alienation /

Wilshire, Bruce W.

The moral collapse of the university : professionalism, purity, and alienation / Bruce Wilshire. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1990. - 1 online resource (xxv, 287 pages) - SUNY series in the philosophy of education . - SUNY series in philosophy of education. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alienation -- What is the educating act? -- Crisis of authority and identity : the inevitability of professionalism -- The professionalization of the university -- A specimen case of professionalizing a field of learning : philosophy -- Eccentricities and distortions of academic professionalism -- Academic professionalism as a veiled purification ritual -- Pollution phenomena : John Dewey's encounter with body-self -- Revolutionary thought of the early twentieth century : reintegrating self and world and a new foundation for humane knowledge -- The reactionary response of positivism : cementing purification, professionalism, segmentation in the university -- Recovering from positivism and reorganizing the university -- Reclaiming the vision of education : redefining definition, identity, gender.


English.

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Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
College teaching--United States.
Professional socialization--United States.
Teaching.
Universities and colleges.
Research.
Teaching
Universities
Research
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--États-Unis.
Enseignement universitaire--Évaluation.--États-Unis
Socialisation professionnelle--États-Unis.
Enseignement.
Universités.
Recherche.
teaching.
research (function)
EDUCATION--Higher.
College teaching.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Professional socialization.
Hochschullehrer
Höheres Bildungswesen
Sozialgeschichte


United States.
USA.
USA.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LA227.3 / .W53 1990eb

378.73

LA 227.3 W53 1990

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