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Author Osburn, Charles B.

Title The western devaluation of knowledge / Charles B. Osburn.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the ways and means of cultural change -- Science, industry and the invention of a new worldview -- Management as cultural authority -- The cultural values of work and leisure -- The strategy & spirit of capitalism -- From material need to consumer culture -- Higher learning as marketplace -- Globalization of the tightening systems knot -- Time to think -- Balancing values through cultural change -- Progress and myth -- Knowledge devalued: summary & conclusions.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Knowledge, Theory of.
Values.
Culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Osburn, Charles B. Western devaluation of knowledge. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] xiv, 299 pages 9781442228795 (DLC) 2013038145
ISBN 9781442228795 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442228801 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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