The western devaluation of knowledge /
Osburn, Charles B.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index.
Introduction: the ways and means of cultural change -- Science, industry and the invention of a new worldview -- Management as cultural authority -- The cultural values of work and leisure -- The strategy & spirit of capitalism -- From material need to consumer culture -- Higher learning as marketplace -- Globalization of the tightening systems knot -- Time to think -- Balancing values through cultural change -- Progress and myth -- Knowledge devalued: summary & conclusions.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Values.
Culture.
Erkenntnistheorie.
Kultur.