TOWARDS AN UBUNTU UNIVERSITY IBD

Sinopse

This book explores the argument to reconsider the idea of a university in light of the African ethic ofáubuntu, literally, human dignity and interdependence. The book discusses, through the context of higher education discourse of philosophy and comparative education, how global universities have evolved into higher educational institutions concerned with knowledge (re)production for various end purposes that range from individual autonomy, to public accountability, to serving the interests of the economy and markets. The question can legitimately be asked: Is anáubuntuáuniversity different from an entrepreneurial university, thinking university, and ecological university? While these different understandings of a university accentuate both the epistemological and moral imperatives in relation to itself and the societies in which they manifest, it is through theáubuntuáuniversity that emotivism in the forms of dignity and humaneness will enhance a universityâÇÖs capacity for autonomy, responsibility, and criticality. This book would be of academic interest to university educators and students in philosophy of education, comparative education, and cultural studies.