Higher Education: A Critical Business

by Ronald Barnett

One cannot fault this volume co-published by the Society for Research into Higher Education for not operationally defining its terms, for the glossary lists ten variants on critical thought and action. From the prefatory infamous photo of the student challenging tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989, one is immediately cued that the ramifications of critical thought are considered beyond the purely academic by Barnett (U. of London). His thesis is that contemporary society necessitates a broader view of critical thinking, incorporating the dimensions of critical self-reflection and critical action into the organizational psychology and management of universities and the work world. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

191 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997