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The Future of the European University : Liberal Democracy or Authoritarian Capitalism?
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- Rider, Sharon, 1963- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi
- (creator_code:org_t)
- 2009-06-11
- 2009
- English.
- In: Culture Unbound. - : Linkoping University Electronic Press. - 2000-1525. ; 1, s. 83-104
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- This paper examines the prevalent notion that that the production of knowledge, academic research and teaching can and ought to be audited and assessed in the same manner as the production of other goods and services. The emphasis on similarities between industry and the academy leads to a neglect of fundamental differences in their aims and, as a consequence, a tendency to evaluate scientific research in terms of patents and product development and colleges and universities in terms of the labour market. The article examines the idea of the free academy, on the one hand, and compares and contrasts it to the idea of free enterprise, on the other. It is argued that the view of the university as a supplier of specific solutions for pre-determined, non-scientific needs (a workforce with skills currently in demand, innovations for commercial partners, justifications for political decisions, etc) undermines the public legitimacy of university science and weakens the fabric of scientific training and practice. The article proposes that the university’s main purpose must be to provide a recognized neutral, autonomous agency of rigorous, disinterested investigation and scientific education, which constitutes a necessary condition for an enlightened liberal democracy: an informed, capable and critical citizenry.
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- higher education
- History and philosophy subjects
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- Teoretisk filosofi
- Theoretical Philosophy
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