Higher education in a sustainable society [electronic resource] : a case for mutual competence building / Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals, editors.
2015
LB2324
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Title
Higher education in a sustainable society [electronic resource] : a case for mutual competence building / Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals, editors.
ISBN
9783319159195 electronic book
3319159194 electronic book
9783319159188
3319159194 electronic book
9783319159188
Published
Cham : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5 doi
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LB2324
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.70711
Summary
This book addresses the following question: What is a sustainable society, and how can higher education help us to develop toward it? The core argument put forward is that the concept of sustainability reaches much farther than just the direct aspects of environmental threats and carbon emissions. Using higher education as a point of departure, the book shows that sustainability involves a broad range of disciplines, from nursing and nutrition to technology and management. It argues that a sustainable society entails a distinct perspective on society that influences our social thinking in terms of ethics, democracy and knowledge development. The book also discusses if (and if so, how) higher education can and should contribute to such a development based on the principles of the freedom of science in a liberal, democratic society. The book presents Mutual Competence Building as a concept higher education can adapt in order to contribute to a sustainable Society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann, 1955- editor.
Torjesen, Stina, editor.
Ennals, Richard, editor.
Torjesen, Stina, editor.
Ennals, Richard, editor.
Series
CSR. sustainability. ethics & governance.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Sustainability in a humanistic and cultural perspective
Part 2: Sustainability in life science
Part 3: Sustainability in technology and planning studies
Part 4: Sustainability and the teaching of management and business development
Part 5: The sustainable university
Conclusions.
Part 1: Sustainability in a humanistic and cultural perspective
Part 2: Sustainability in life science
Part 3: Sustainability in technology and planning studies
Part 4: Sustainability and the teaching of management and business development
Part 5: The sustainable university
Conclusions.