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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stefan ColliniPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.179kg ISBN: 9781846144820ISBN 10: 1846144825 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 23 February 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn eloquent and impassioned book Economist Collini is astute, analytical, and often killingly funny -- Bevis Hillier Daily Telegraph Collini is that rare bird, a don who can be read with pleasure -- Michael Barber Tablet, Books of the Year One of Britain's finest essayists and writers -- Ronan McDonald The Times Higher Education Supplement [A] timely lecture for the coalition of dunces ... this is a closely argued defence Independent on Sunday The book is a bit like some university courses. It is erudite, well argued, carefully researched, a fine addition to the debate about the purpose of university education Scotsman [Collini is] stern and splendid in his brief history of the hot debate on useful versus useless knowledge -- Fred Inglis Times Higher Education It is extremely well written: Collini's prose is lively, well-reasoned and persuasive. The book is a refreshing example of a faculty member engaging with the wider issues of higher education rather than perceiving them through the narrow prism of his own discipline ... a valuable, timely contribution to the discourse -- Gerry Wrixon Irish Examiner A critique both pointed and witty -- Howard Newby Independent Collini writes beautifully -- Chris Patten Financial Times Collini puts his finger on the nub of the problem facing universities. Collini's book is a must-read -- Ac Grayling Literary Review Author InformationStefan Collini has become one of the most respected voices in public debates about universities and their place in modern society.He is a Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at Cambridge University and Fellow of the British Academy, who frequently contributes to The Guardian,The London Review of Books,The Times Literary Supplement and The Nation.Reviewers of the recent, Common Reading: Critics, Historians,Publics (2008), described him as 'one of Britain's finest essaysists and writers.'Other works include Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain (2006),Public Moralists (1991),Matthew Arnold: a Critical Portrait (1994) and English Pasts: Essays in History and Culture (1999). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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