Philosophers on the University: Reconsidering Higher Education

1. Introductory essay: Considering higher education: thinking it through; Ronald Barnett and Amanda Fulford.- Part I: Questioning the University.- 2. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900): The will to power and the university; Søren ø. E. Bengtsen.- 3. Theodor Adorno (1903-1969): Restless, fractured and uncomfortable thought; Jan McArthur.- 4. Ernest Gellner (1925-1995): Nought for the university's comfort? Ronald Barnett.- 5. Roy Bhaskar (1944-2014): The idea of a university; David Scott.- Part II: Culture and the University.- 6. F. R. Leavis (1895-1978): Thought, words and creativity and the university; Steven Cranfield.- 7. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): Embodying a promise in the university; Jon Nixon.- 8. José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955): The university's social mission - to enrich individual potential; John Wyatt.- 9. Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-): Philosophy and the university; John Haldane.- Part III: Letting Learn.- 10. Martin Heidegger (1889-1976): Higher education as thinking; Paul Gibbs.- 11. Karl Jaspers (1883-1969): Truth, academic freedom and student autonomy; Stephen Burwood.- 12. Stanley Cavell (1926-2018): Higher education and the development of voice; Amanda Fulford.- Part IV: Higher Education and Democracy.- 13. John Dewey (1859-1952): Democratic hope through higher education; Naoko Saito.- 14. Jacques Rancière (1940-): Higher education as a place for radical equality; Joris Vlieghe.- 15. Jürgen Habermas (1929-): The importance of higher education for democracy; Ted Fleming.- Index.