Killing thinking : the death of the universities / Mary Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Mary, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Great Britain--Philosophy.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Great Britain.

Universities and colleges.

Philosophy.

Great Britain.

Education--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.

Education.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Higher education and state--Great Britain.

Higher education and state.

Physical Description:

x, 172 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

Throughout the twentieth century, many critics of bureaucratisation have predicted the increasing loss of intellectual creativity through the growth of institutional forms of direction and control. This book argues that this is now occurring in universities - and occurring in ways which suggest that the ability (and space) to think freely will become more and more a matter of access to power and privilege. Mary Evans demonstrates how this is both profoundly anti-democratic and anti-intellectual and provides suggestions for reversing this destructive trend.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.

ISBN:

0826473121

082647313X

OCLC:

56538961