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Ronald Barnett (born 1947) is a philosopher, theorist and analyst of higher education.[1] He is emeritus professor of higher education at University College London.[2]

Barnett's first publication, The Idea of Higher Education (1990), attempted to found a new conception of higher education by drawing upon the Critical Theory of Jurgen Habermas.[3][4][5][6][7] Barnett's interests in Critical Theory were reflected in a more practical manner in his Higher Education: A Critical Business (1997).[8] In Realizing the University in an Age of Supercomplexity (2000) and A Will to Learn: Being a Student in Age of Uncertainty (2007), Barnett outlined the dispositions and epistemic virtues required by students, teachers and universities to engage with rapidly changing social and pedagogical conditions.[9][10][4]

In Being a University (2011) and Imagining the University (2013) Barnett turned to ontological concerns and the importance of the imagination and poetry (under the influence of Martin Heidegger and Roy Bhaskar).[11][12] Understanding the University (2015) constitutes the final volume of Barnett's 'University trilogy'.[13]

Barnett’s most recent books include The Ecological University: A Feasible Utopia (2018) and The Philosophy of Higher Education: A Critical Introduction (2022). The latter reflects upon the history of the philosophy of higher education since the late 1980s and the publication of Barnett's The Idea of Higher Education in 1990.[14] A collection of Barnett's essays, written over a 30 year period, was published as Thinking and Revisiting the University: the selected works of Ronald Barnett (2015).[15]

Major Publications[edit]

  • 2021 - The Philosophy of Higher Education: A Critical Introduction (Routledge) (300pp)
  • 2018  - The Ecological University: A Feasible Utopia (Routledge) (220pp)
  • 2015 - Understanding the University (Routledge) (210pp)
  • 2014 - Thinking and Rethinking the University (Routledge World Library of Educationalists) (280pp)
  • 2013 - Imagining the University.  (Routledge) (190pp)
  • 2011 - Being a University.  (Routledge) (190pp)
  • 2007 - Will to Learn: Being a Student in an Age of Uncertainty (McGraw-Hill/ Open University Press) (200pp)
  • 2003 - Beyond All Reason: Living with Ideology in the University (Open University Press) (220pp)
  • 2000 - Realizing the University in an age of supercomplexity (Open University Press)
  • 1997- Higher Education: A Critical Business (Open University Press)  (200pp)
  • 1994 - The Limits of Competence (OU Press) (200pp) (October) (reprinted)
  • 1992 - Improving Higher Education: Total Quality Care (OU Press) (240pp) (reprinted)
  • 1990 - The Idea of Higher Education (Open University Press) (244pp) (reprinted)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor Ronald Barnett". www.ronaldbarnett.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-05.[non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ "Iris View Profile". iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. ^ Barnett, Ronald (1990). The Idea of Higher Education. Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press. ISBN 978-0-335-09420-2. ERIC ED325039.[page needed][non-primary source needed]
  4. ^ a b Bengtsen, Søren S. E. (January 2018). "Supercomplexity and the university: Ronald Barnett and the social philosophy of Higher Education". Higher Education Quarterly. 72 (1): 65–74. doi:10.1111/hequ.12153. ERIC EJ1165433.
  5. ^ Triansyah, Fadli Agus; Melani, Rini; Napis, Muhammad Samsul Hairi (2 January 2023). "The philosophy of higher education: a critical introduction: edited by Ronald Barnett, New York, Routledge, 2021, xi+290 pp., €24.99 (Paperback), €120.00 (Hardback), €22.49 (eBook), ISBN 9780367610289". Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 45 (1): 118–121. doi:10.1080/1360080X.2022.2103616. S2CID 250932394.
  6. ^ Sturm, Sean (2022-09-23). "The philosophy of higher education". PESA Agora. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  7. ^ Scott, Peter (1993). "The Idea of the University in the 21st Century: A British Perspective". British Journal of Educational Studies. 41 (1): 4–25. doi:10.2307/3122430. JSTOR 3122430.
  8. ^ "Higher Education:: A Critical Business". International Journal of Educational Management. 12 (3): 141. June 1998. doi:10.1108/ijem.1998.12.3.141.1.
  9. ^ Jones, Anna (January 2009). "A Will to Learn: Being a Student in an Age of Uncertainty – By Ron Barnett". Higher Education Quarterly. 63 (1): 112–114. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2273.2008.00417.x.
  10. ^ Hartley, David (November 2000). "Realizing the University in An Age of Supercomplexity". Journal of Education for Teaching. 26 (3): 313–314. ProQuest 201158293.
  11. ^ "Being a University: Book Review". Top Universities. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  12. ^ "Imagining the University by Ronald Barnett". Times Higher Education (THE). 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  13. ^ Barnett, Ronald (2015). Understanding the University: Institution, idea, possibilities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-39059-6.[page needed][non-primary source needed]
  14. ^ Krzeski, Jakub (2022-09-14). "'The university is dead, long live the university!': Ronald Barnett and the task of philosophy of higher education". Higher Education. 85 (6): 1427–1431. doi:10.1007/s10734-022-00923-8. ISSN 0018-1560. PMC 9472713.
  15. ^ Barnett, Ronald (2014). Thinking and Rethinking the University: The selected works of Ronald Barnett. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-66525-0.[page needed][non-primary source needed]


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