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The End of Knowledge in Higher Education

Published 1 January 1998
Ronald Barnett, Anne Griffin
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Abstract

Introduction and outline of the issues, Anne Griffin knowledge, legitimacy and the crisis for knowledge in higher education, Ruth Jonathan the unnatural nature of science, Lewis Wolpert truth, identity and community on campus, Nigel Blake one dimension or anything goes?, Ron Barnett whose knowledge, whose Postmodernism, Anne Seller the arts, Postmodernism and the search for truth, Peter Abbs negotiating truth - some insights in applied anthropology, Sonia Greger thinking about nature in a post-Enlightenment culture, Kate Soper higher education for all?, Clive Bloom overcrowded universities and the crush on learning, John Haldane the future for knowledge in a society of clients, David Peckham.

Keywords

Social Sciences