Consumerism
Last updated: December 15, 2022
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Killing Thinking: The Death of the Universities
by Mary Evans -
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Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures
by Edward Said -
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The Great University Gamble: Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education
by Andrew McGettigan -
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Faculty Towers: The Academic Novel and Its Discontents
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
by bell hooks
The best books on Academia, recommended by Les Back
The best books on Academia, recommended by Les Back
Current UK higher education policies, which treat students as consumers, are not only killing thinking but also likely to lead to a financial crisis. And yet, academia is a beautiful vocation, with the power to transform lives year in, year out. University of London professor, Les Back, picks the best books on academia.
The best books on The Trash Trade, recommended by Adam Minter
Recycling is more than just a blue and green bin in your pantry, says journalist Adam Minter – it’s a global trade with centuries of history that stretches from American scrapyards to Chinese e-waste recycling villages
The best books on Consumption and the Environment, recommended by Juliet Schor
The author of True Wealth suggests how we can rethink our patterns of consumption and approach our relationship with nature in a new, less damaging, way