The capitalist university : the transformations of higher education in the United States, 1945-2016 / Henry Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Henry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--United States--History--20th century.

Education, Higher.

United States.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Capitalist university : the transformations of higher education in the United States since 1945

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2016.

Summary:

Can the ivory tower rise above capitalism? Or are the humanities and social sciences merely handmaids to the American imperial order? The Capitalist University surveys the history of higher education in the United States over the last century, revealing how campuses and classrooms have become battlegrounds in the struggle between liberatory knowledge and commodified learning. Henry Heller takes readers from the ideological apparatus of the early Cold War, through the revolts of the 1960s and on to the contemporary malaise of postmodernism, neoliberalism and the so-called 'knowledge economy' of academic capitalism. He reveals how American educational institutions have been forced to decide between teaching students to question the dominant order and helping to perpetuate it. Accessible in style, 'The Capitalist University' presents a comprehensive overview of a topic which affects millions of students in America and increasingly, across the globe.

Contents:

1 The Birth of the Corporate University 16

2 The Humanities and Social Sciences in the Cold War (1941-1960) 42

3 The Sixties 92

4 The Retreat from History (1980-2008) 135

5 The Neoliberal University 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745336589

0745336582

OCLC:

957546499