Paul Ricoeur and the hope of higher education : the just University /

"The stresses of the 21st century have exposed the fault lines in Higher Education, both as an instructional space that facilitates student growth and as a social space that shapes our economic, political, and religious institutions. This book uses Paul Ricoeur's rigorous writings to envis...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Boscaljon, Daniel (Editor); Keuss, Jeffrey F., 1965- (Editor)
Published: Lexington Books,
Publisher Address: Lanham, Maryland :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies in the thought of Paul Ricoeur
Subjects:
Summary: "The stresses of the 21st century have exposed the fault lines in Higher Education, both as an instructional space that facilitates student growth and as a social space that shapes our economic, political, and religious institutions. This book uses Paul Ricoeur's rigorous writings to envision a Just University necessary for the years ahead"--
Carrier Form: xiv, 332 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781793638267
1793638268
9781793638281
1793638284
Index Number: LC196
CLC: G640-02
Call Number: G640-02/P324
Contents: Preface: Dreaming of the just university in an age of crisis / Daniel Boscaljon and Jeffrey F. Keuss -- Introduction: Paul Ricoeur and the hope of a just university / Daniel Boscaljon and Jeffrey F. Keuss -- Part 1. The Just University as Instructional Space -- The agon of the summoned self in Ricoeur's late philosophy of religion -- Reading Ricoeur together: Interpretive work and surplus meaning in a just pedagogy -- Practical formation: Teaching critical thinking via Ricoeur's hermeneutical model -- Ricoeur and transferable skills -- Fallible pedagogy: How to balance liberation and evaluation with compassion -- Oneself as another and the Argonauts: An attempt at interpretive justice -- Embodied pedagogy: Reflections on becoming oneself -- Part 2. The Just University as a Social Space -- The literary self: Nostalgia, kenosis, and interpretation toward a renewed vision and possibility for the Liberal Arts -- Teaching and learning in just institutions: A Ricoeurean institutional ethic of higher education -- Should religion affiliated institutions be accredited? Ricoeur and the problem of religious inclusivity -- Interpreting with and for others: Institutional research as hermeneutical reasoning -- National memory or "What is college for?" -- Doing time and narrative: Teaching in (and out of) prisons with Paul Ricoeur -- Wounded memory and a pedagogy of hope: Engaging Ricoeur within the context of conflicting pasts.