University Ruin and the Contested Usefulness of the Humanities in Japanese Higher Education

At Japanese universities, the standing of the humanities has declined considerably over the last two decades. This decline is reminiscent of Bill Readings’ account of American universities as articulated in his University in Ruins (1996). In Readings’ analysis, American universities are ‘ruined’ bec...

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Main Author: Toshiko Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Press 2019-09-01
Series:Forum Pedagogiczne
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/fp/article/view/3603