How universities can help create a wiser world : the urgent need for an academic revolution / Nicholas Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, Nicholas, author.

Series:

Societas

Societas essays in political & cultural modernism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Educational sociology.

Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, England : Imprint Academic, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In order to make progress towards a better world we need to learn how to do it. And for that we need institutions of learning rationally designed and devoted to helping us solve our global problems, make progress towards a better world. It is just this that we lack at present. Our universities pursue knowledge. They are neither designed nor devoted to helping humanity learn how to tackle global problems - problems of living - in more intelligent, humane and effective ways. That, this book ar...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Quotation; Dedication; Body matter; Chapter 1: The Basic Idea; Chapter 2: Wisdom-Inquiry; Chapter 3: How Wisdom-Inquiry Helps Solve Global Problems; Chapter 4: Is the Wisdom Revolution Underway?; Chapter 5: Policies for a Wiser World; Back matter; References; Critical acclaim

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 23, 2014).

ISBN:

1-84540-747-4

1-84540-748-2

OCLC:

877771447