Standing for Reason : The University in a Dogmatic Age / John Sexton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sexton, John, Author.

Contributor:

Brown, Gordon.

Yale University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Education--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A powerful case for the importance of universities as an antidote to the "secular dogmatism" that increasingly infects political discourse John Sexton argues that over six decades, a "secular dogmatism," impenetrable by dialogue or reason, has come to dominate political discourse in America. Political positions, elevated to the status of doctrinal truths, now simply are "revealed." Our leaders and our citizens suffer from an allergy to nuance and complexity, and the enterprise of thought is in danger. Sexton sees our universities, the engines of knowledge and stewards of thought, as the antidote, and he describes the policies university leaders must embrace if their institutions are to serve this role. Acknowledging the reality of our increasingly interconnected world-and drawing on his experience as president of New York University when it opened campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai-Sexton advocates for "global network universities" as a core aspect of a new educational landscape and as the crucial foundation-blocks of an interlocking world characterized by "secular ecumenism."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

One. Dogmatism, Complexity, and Civic Discourse

Two. The Traditional University as Sacred Space for Discourse

Three. A University for an Ecumenical World

Four. The Final Ingredient: Meaningful Access for All

Conclusion: Being Worthy of Lisa

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-24540-8

OCLC:

1090540784