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Book SynopsisWhat is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of liberal education with educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? This text explores Western culture's longstanding ambivalence toward "the life of the mind".
Trade ReviewSassower writes well, and his thesis is courageous and provocative. * Journal of Higher Education *
Provocative, original, and wholly convincing. . . . The author has thoughtfully engaged the future of higher education and produced a major work without compromising the appeal to the life of the mind. -- Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY Graduate Center, author of From the Ashes of the Old: American Labor and America's Future
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 The Life of the Mind Chapter 3 The Emerging Academic Model Chapter 4 Intellectual Responsibility Chapter 5 Academic Confusions Chapter 6 Academics as Visionaries and Prophets Chapter 7 Bibliography