La Universidad desde una Perspectiva Cosmopolita

Authors

  • Peter Kemp Departamento de Educación, Universidad de Aarhus (Copenhague)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/errs.2011.105

Keywords:

University, Schools of humanities, Performativity, Plurality, Justice

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show why the humanities are more necessary than ever as part of the university education in our contemporary cosmopolitan age. We need the humanities if our educational institutions are to overcome the threats from narrow-minded politicians and business people to reduce education in schools and universities to simple instruction in management without guidance from the cultures of the world as expressed in art and literature, knowledge of languages, history and philosophy.  Therefore, I use the theoretical work of Paul Ricœur in just and ethical institutions of education, as a starting point of these arguments. 

Author Biography

Peter Kemp, Departamento de Educación, Universidad de Aarhus (Copenhague)

Centro de Estudios de la ética y el Derecho

Universidad de Aarhus

Published

2011-12-12

Issue

Section

Articles