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Prophetically, Almost Thirty Years Ago Jean-françois Lyotard Forecast The End Of The Modern Research University Based On Enlightenment Principles. He Envisaged The Emergence Of Technical Institutes In The Service Of The Information-rich Global Multinationals. This Book Reflects On The Post-war Western University And Its Discourses Charting The Crisis Of The Concept Of The Modern University. First, It Examines The University Within A Global Networked Economy; Second, It Adopts Poststructuralist Perspectives In Epistemology, Politics And Ethics To Appraise The Role Of The Contemporary University; Third, It Introduces The Notion Of 'development' In A Critical Fashion As A Way Of Explaining Its Potentially New Regional And International Learning Roles; Fourth, It Analyzes The Rise Of Global Science And The Disciplines In The Context Of The Global Economy; And, Finally, It Raises Lyotard's 'logic Of Performativity' And The Assessment Of Research Quality Within A Neoliberal Economy, Linking It Firmly To The Question Of Freedom And The Republic Of Science.--publisher. Cover -- Toc$table Of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface And Acknowledgements -- Table Of Figures -- Introduction -- Universi

Author

Michael Adrian Peters

Publisher

Brill Academic Pub

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9789087900694

Subjects

Philosophy, Education, Management