Realizing the university in an age of supercomplexity
by
 
Barnett, Ronald, 1947-

Title
: 
Realizing the university in an age of supercomplexity

Author
: 
Barnett, Ronald, 1947-

ISBN
: 
9780335202492

Personal Author
: 
Barnett, Ronald, 1947-

Publication Information
: 
Philadelphia, PA : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1999.

Physical Description
: 
200 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
: 
Pt. 1. The End is Nigh. 1. Death and Resurrection. 2. The End of Enlightenment? 3. The Ends of Knowledge. 4. The Fading Constellations -- Pt. 2. Supercomplexity and the University. 5. The Constellation of Fragility. 6. Supercomplexity: the New Universal. 7. The Conflict of the Faculties -- Pt. 3. Reframing the University. 8. Conditions of the University. 9. A Suitable Ethos -- Pt. 4. Realizing the University. 10. Constructing the University. 11. Research in a Supercomplex World. 12. Teaching for a Supercomplex World.

Abstract
: 
"The University has lost its way. The world needs the university more than ever but for new reasons. If we are to clarify its new role in the world, we need to find a new vocabulary and a new sense of purpose."--BOOK JACKET. "Ronald Barnett offers nothing less than a fundamental reworking of the way in which we understand the modern university. Realizing the University is essential reading for all those concerned about the future of higher education."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
 
Universities and colleges -- Philosophy.
 
Postmodernism and education.


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