Overview
- Offers new insights on understanding the role of compassion in re-imagining HE
- This book uses a lens of compassion to reimagine the university
- Focuses on students and community
Part of the book series: Palgrave Critical University Studies (PCU)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the role of compassion in refiguring the university. Plotting a reimagining of the university through care, other-regard, and a commitment to act in response to the suffering of others, the author draws on various humanities disciplines to illuminate the potential of compassion in the campus. The book asks how the sector can reclaim the university from the tides of neoliberalism, inequalities and increased workloads, and which moral principles and competencies would need to be championed and instilled to build inclusive citizenship and positive connection with others. A value that is too scarcely taught, experienced, or advocated in contexts of higher education, compassion is reframed as an essential pillar of the university and a means to an epistemically just campus and curricula.
Reviews
“This is an excellent snapshot of the current state of UK universities and a praiseworthy addition to the existing literature on compassion and the university. It is a fascinating example of how compassion can be outlined using the university educator’s own areas of expertise, which may potentially encourage similar contributions in the future. Furthermore, Lawrence refrains from decontextualising … aspects of higher education that portray suffering in the sector, making it a bravely written monograph.” (Aysha Mazhar, British Journal of Educational Studies, September 10, 2021)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Louise J. Lawrence is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the University of Exeter, UK. She currently serves as Co-Head of Department, but has been involved in Education Leadership at Exeter, with a particular interest in curricula design focused on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Student Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Refiguring Universities in an Age of Neoliberalism
Book Subtitle: Creating Compassionate Campuses
Authors: Louise J. Lawrence
Series Title: Palgrave Critical University Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73371-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73370-4Published: 05 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73373-5Published: 06 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73371-1Published: 04 June 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-7329
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 228
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Education, general