Towards the knowledge democracy? Knowledge production and the civic role of the university

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-479

  Biesta, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bruno Latour; Democracy; Epistemology; Higher Education; John Dewey; Knowledge democracy; Knowledge economy; Knowledge society

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148884257     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: 1573191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11217-007-9056-0     Document Type: Article

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