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書 名 廢墟中的大學
作 者 (加拿大）比爾·雷爾斯

簡介


《廢墟中的大學》梳理了現代大學所走過的歷史，認為，西方現代大學的教育理念曆經了三個階段，康德的理性大學、洪堡的文化大學和當代的所謂一流大學—— 隨着經濟全球化的進程以及民族國家的衰微，現代大學，即洪堡意義上以承擔國家和民族文化使命為己任的大學已經走到了黃昏時代。而在對現代大學進行大規模診斷之后，雷丁斯提出了一種以“思想之名”辦學的理念，也就是以培養學生的反思、質疑、批判的能力為旨歸的教育。這種教育事實上是對康德的理性大學理念的回歸。

廢墟中的大學 目錄
前言
致謝
一 導言
二 一流理念
三 民族國家的衰落
四 理性界限內的大學
五 大學與文化理念
六 文學文化
七 文化戰爭與文化研究
八 后曆史大學
九 學習的時間:1968
十 教學的場景
十一 在廢墟上棲身
十二 各抒己見的共同體
索引
譯者後記


補充#1 2009-10-21 23:10:35

THE UNIVERSITY IN RUINS
BILL READINGS
It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes will mean. Is a new age dawning for the University, the renaissance of higher education under way? Or is the University in the twilight of its social function, the demise of higher education fast approaching?

We can answer such questions only if we look carefully at the different roles the University has played historically and then imagine how it might be possible to live, and to think, amid the ruins of the University. Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that historically the integrity of the modern University has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. But now the nation-state is in decline, and national culture no longer needs to be either promoted or protected. Increasingly, universities are turning into transnational corporations, and the idea of culture is being replaced by the discourse of "excellence." On the surface, this does not seem particularly pernicious.

The author cautions, however, that we should not embrace this techno-bureaucratic appeal too quickly. The new University of Excellence is a corporation driven by market forces, and, as such, is more interested in profit margins than in thought. Readings urges us to imagine how to think, without concession to corporate excellence or recourse to romantic nostalgia within an institution in ruins. The result is a passionate appeal for a new community of thinkers.

補充#2 2009-10-21 23:10:53
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/REAUNI.html
補充#3 2009-10-21 23:11:42
http://www.amazon.com/University-Ruins-Bill-Readings/dp/0674929535#sipbody

[Link: http://wenda.tianya.cn/wenda/thread?tid=1bf4113244960996 ]

書 名 廢墟中的大學
作 者 (加拿大）比爾·雷爾斯

簡介


《廢墟中的大學》梳理了現代大學所走過的曆史，認為，西方現代大學的教育理念曆經了三個階段，康德的理性大學、洪堡的文化大學和當代的所謂一流大學—— ��的教育理念曆經了三個階段，康德的理性大學、洪堡的文化大學和當代的所謂一流大學—— 隨着經濟全球化的進程以及民族國家的衰微，現代大學，即洪堡意義上以承擔國家和民族文化使命為己任的大學已經走到了黃昏時代。而在對現代大學進行大規模診斷之后，雷丁斯提出了一種以“思想之名”辦學的理念，也就是以培養學生的反思、質疑、批判的能力為旨歸的教育。這種教育事實上是對康德的理性大學理念的回歸。

廢墟中的大學 目錄
前言
致謝
一 導言
二 一流理念
三 民族國家的衰落
四 理性界限內的大學
五 大學與文化理念
六 文學文化
七 文化戰爭與文化研究
八 后曆史大學
九 學習的時間:1968
十 教學的場景
十一 在廢墟上棲身
十二 各抒己見的共同體
索引
譯者後記


補充#1 2009-10-21 23:10:35

THE UNIVERSITY IN RUINS
BILL READINGS
It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes will mean. Is a new age dawning for the University, the renaissance of higher education under way? Or is the University in the twilight of its social function, the demise of higher education fast approaching?

We can answer such questions only if we look carefully at the different roles the University has played historically and then imagine how it might be possible to live, and to think, amid the ruins of the University. Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that historically the integrity of the modern University has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. But now the nation-state is in decline, and national culture no longer needs to be either promoted or protected. Increasingly, universities are turning into transnational corporations, and the idea of culture is being replaced by the discourse of "excellence." On the surface, this does not seem particularly pernicious.

The author cautions, however, that we should not embrace this techno-bureaucratic appeal too quickly. The new University of Excellence is a corporation driven by market forces, and, as such, is more interested in profit margins than in thought. Readings urges us to imagine how to think, without concession to corporate excellence or recourse to romantic nostalgia within an institution in ruins. The result is a passionate appeal for a new community of thinkers.

補充#2 2009-10-21 23:10:53
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/REAUNI.html
補充#3 2009-10-21 23:11:42
http://www.amazon.com/University-Ruins-Bill-Readings/dp/0674929535#sipbody

[Link: http://wenda.tianya.cn/wenda/thread?tid=1bf4113244960996 ]