Description
| Product ID: | 9781793615985 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Rise of Neoliberal Philosophy |
| Subtitle: | Human Capital, Profitable Knowledge, and the Love of Wisdom |
| Authors: | Author: Brandon Absher |
| Page Count: | 196 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher education, tertiary education, Political ideologies and movements, Philosophy & theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Political ideologies, USA |
| Description: | Brandon Absher demonstrates that the neoliberalization of higher education has led to a paradigm shift in contemporary philosophy in the United States. Neoliberal philosophy aims to produce human capital and profitable knowledge. In The Rise of Neoliberal Philosophy: Human Capital, Profitable Knowledge, and the Love of Wisdom, Brandon Absher argues that the neoliberal transformation of higher education has resulted in a paradigm shift in philosophy in the United States, leading to the rise of neoliberal philosophy. Neoliberal philosophy seeks to attract investment by demonstrating that it can produce optimal return. Further, philosophers in the neoliberal paradigm internalize and reproduce the values of the prevailing social order in their work, reorienting philosophical desire toward the production of attractive commodities. The aim of philosophy in the neoliberal university, Absher shows, has become the production of human capital and profitable knowledge. |
| Imprint Name: | Lexington Books |
| Publisher Name: | Lexington Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-08-15 |
