Thinking University

“Barnett and Bengtsen make a valuable contribution to the development of a sustained philosophical approach to the study of higher education. … The Thinking University examines thought in a manner that opens up imaginative and practical new possibilities for the future of higher education. … The Thinking University nonetheless represents a significant achievement in bringing together a host of international scholars to collectively envision preferred futures for the university, understood here as a fundamentally thoughtful and ever-evolving institution.” (Sheena Hyland, London Review of Education, Vol. 17 (3), 2019)

• 1. Introduction: Considering the Thinking University.-PART  1: The Thinking University – Contending with the World.- 2. Truth, Democracy and the Mission of the University.- 3. Universities as Societal Drivers: Entrepreneurial Interventions for a Better Future.- 4. Dissident Thought: A Decolonising Framework for Revolt in the University.- 5. Towards an African University of Critique.- PART 2: Educating Thought.- 6. Research Education and Care: The Care-full PhD.- 7. Citizenship and the Thinking University: Toward the Citizen Scholar.- 8. Bildung, Emotion and Thought.- 9. Technicising Thought: English and the Internationalisation of the University.- PART 3: The Thinking University: Making Connections.- 10. A Complexity Thinking Take on Thinking in the University.- 11. When Thought Gets Left Alone: Thinking, Recognition and Social Justice.- 12. The Worldhood University: Design Signatures and Guild Thinking.- 13. The Thinking University: Two Versions, Rival and Complementary.- 14. Coda: There is Much to Play for.