The Fate of the Humanities, the Fate of the University

The aim of this article is to analyze the current crisis of higher education and to propose a new model to counter the threat this crisis poses to the arts and humanities. The crisis of the university is presented through a comparison with two earlier crises: the first occurring in the seventeenth c...

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Published inThe European legacy, toward new paradigms Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 59 - 73
Main Author Varsamopoulou, Evy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.02.2013
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17th century
19th century
Arts
Autonomy
Castoriadis, Cornelius
College Students
Economic crisis
Higher Education
Humanities
Institutions
Nineteenth Century
Seventeenth Century
Teachers
Threat
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Summary:The aim of this article is to analyze the current crisis of higher education and to propose a new model to counter the threat this crisis poses to the arts and humanities. The crisis of the university is presented through a comparison with two earlier crises: the first occurring in the seventeenth century and the second in the early nineteenth century. I argue that as an institution and a culture the mission of the university is to uphold the value of autonomy , a term I borrow from Cornelius Castoriadis, and to actively cultivate the autonomy of its students and teachers.
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ISSN:1084-8770
1470-1316
DOI:10.1080/10848770.2013.748121