Contradictory Transformations: Observations on the Intellectual Dynamics of South African Universities

Autor/in	Sheehan, Helena
Titel	Contradictory Transformations: Observations on the Intellectual Dynamics of South African Universities
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 7 (2009) 1, S.67-105 (39 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2743
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Humanities; Political Attitudes; Postmodernism; Conflict; Educational Change; Social Change; Political Influences; Global Approach; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Postmoderne; Konflikt; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Globales Denken; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	What sort of expectations of transformation of higher education have been aroused by liberation movements? Has the new South Africa fulfilled such expectations? This paper explores the promises and processes that have enveloped South African universities in recent decades. It focuses on the underlying assumptions shaping academic disciplines in the humanities, the debates contesting them and the social-political-economic movements encompassing them. It traces the impact of Marxism, Africanism, Postmodernism and Neoliberalism on the production of knowledge. It concludes that South African universities are caught up in a complex field forces where they are subject to conflicting pressures. The result is a state of contradictory transformations--one stemming from the politics of liberation and the other from the demands of the global market. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10