TY - JOUR
T1 - Schinkel, Anders. Wonder and Education
T2 - On the Educational Importance of Contemplative Wonder. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
AU - Hansen, Finn Thorbjørn
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - In 2011, the British philosopher and Professor of Higher Education Research, Ronald Barnett wrote: “Universities are no longer permitted to be places of mystery, of uncertainty, of the unknown. The mystery of universities has ended.”1 This was said in times where the neoliberal agenda was at its zenith and marketisation and consumerization, performativity and commodification had great impact on universities. What Barnett called for was a recovery of the sense of wonder in the encounter and presence of mystery. What indeed is language? What on earth is a human being? What is fundamentally love? Friendship? Human consciousness? Human reality? Truth? etc., etc.
AB - In 2011, the British philosopher and Professor of Higher Education Research, Ronald Barnett wrote: “Universities are no longer permitted to be places of mystery, of uncertainty, of the unknown. The mystery of universities has ended.”1 This was said in times where the neoliberal agenda was at its zenith and marketisation and consumerization, performativity and commodification had great impact on universities. What Barnett called for was a recovery of the sense of wonder in the encounter and presence of mystery. What indeed is language? What on earth is a human being? What is fundamentally love? Friendship? Human consciousness? Human reality? Truth? etc., etc.
U2 - 10.3726/PTIHE022021.0005
DO - 10.3726/PTIHE022021.0005
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2578-5753
VL - 3
SP - 69
EP - 77
JO - Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education
JF - Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -