The Capitalist University
Subtitle: The Transformations of Higher Education in the United States, 1945-2016
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: Dec 15, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780745336589
Description: Can the ivory tower rise above capitalism? Or are the humanities and social sciences merely handmaids to the American imperial order? The Capitalist University surveys the history of higher education in the United States over the last century, revealing how campuses and classrooms have become battlegrounds in the struggle between liberatory knowledge and commodified learning. Henry Heller takes readers from the ideological apparatus of the early Cold War, through the revolts of the 1960s and on to the contemporary malaise of postmodernism, neoliberalism and the so-called 'knowledge economy' of academic capitalism. He reveals how American educational institutions have been forced to decide between teaching students to question the dominant order and helping to perpetuate it. Accessible in style, 'The Capitalist University' presents a comprehensive overview of a topic which affects millions of students in America and increasingly, across the globe.
Notes: Source title: The Capitalist University: The Transformations of Higher Education in the United States, 1945-2016