Knowledge monopolies : the academisation of society / Alan Shipman & Marten Shipman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shipman, Alan, 1966- author.

Shipman, M. D., author.

Series:

Societas

Societas ; v.33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK ; Charlottesville, VA : Societas, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historians and sociologists chart the consequences of the expansion of knowledge; philosophers of science examine the causes. This book bridges the gap. The focus is on 'academisation' - the paradox whereby, as the general public becomes better educated to live and work with knowledge, the 'academy' increases its intellectual distance from the public, so that the nature of social and natural reality becomes more rather than less obscure.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Publisher Information ; Knowledge Monopolies ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: The Omnivorous Academy ; Chapter 2: The Interpretive Elite ; Chapter 3: The Extended Educational Enterprise ; Chapter 4: Models, Metaphors and Mediation ; Chapter 5: Prodigy to Problem Child: Academic Social Science ; Chapter 6: Applying Commodified Knowledge ; Chapter 7: The Business of Knowledge ; Chapter 8: Academia in the Open Society ; Back Matter ; References ; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-116) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84540-523-4

OCLC:

941700167