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A human(e) 'uni-versity': resisting scientism, technicism, and economism
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 71, No 1 | a241 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v71i1.241
| © 2006 J.J. Venter
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 30 July 2006 | Published: 30 July 2006
Submitted: 30 July 2006 | Published: 30 July 2006
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J.J. Venter, School of Philosophy, Potchefstroom campus, North-West University, South AfricaFull Text:
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This article focuses on the issue of dehumanising knowledgegenerating procedures in the contemporary university. For this purpose different practical examples are analysed. It is argued that these dehumanising practices are rooted in present-day techno-scientistic elitism that has gone beyond the distinction between good and evil, and has developed into capitalistic pragmatism. Furthermore it is argued that these practices suppress critical reflection and creative alternatives in favour of gainful advantage within paradigmatic limitations. Real postmodern relativism thus does not exist; it is rather the absolutism of the economy and the market that determine the nature of knowledge-building processes.
Keywords
Competitiveness Versus Innovation; Issue Of Dehumanising; Managerialism; Scientism; Technicism; University; Core Task
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