"A specter of determinism seems to be hanging over every aspect of our lives. We are constantly told that we are being shaped by inexorable forces--biological, economic, technological, historical--against which resistance is more or less futile, so we should quit worrying and get on board." (from the editors)
In thie current issue of The hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture, each essay responds to some form of determinism. In the thematic section on corporate professor, the authors contend with the corporatization of higher education and scholarship. This is a very important issue with many thought-provoking essays:
Pressured and Measured: Professors at Wannabe U
Do College Teachers Have to Be Scholars?
Under the Sign of Satan: William Blake in the corporate University
Why Google isn't Making us Supid...or Smart
Family Income and Student Achievement
Blue Tube, Red Tube
Capitalism, Modernity, and the Politics of Place
This issue is available in the Hoffman Family Library
The Hedgehog Review: Critical Refelctions on Contemporary Culture (published by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia)
Spring 2012
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