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ERIC Number: EJ678914
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-2517
Revaluing the Enlightenment: Reason and Imagination.
Barr, Jean; Steele, Tom
Teaching in Higher Education, v8 n4 p505-15 Oct 2003
Revisits Enlightenment themes as they relate to higher education, reassessing Enlightenment precepts in light of postmodernist and other critiques and asserting that while some aspects of counter-Enlightenment critiques are well-grounded, many core practices of the Enlightenment tradition remain valid. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Postmodernism, Social Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Enlightenment Thought; Scotland; Social Justice
Note: Theme Issue: "Within and Against: Examining the Academic Life."