Adopting consumer time: the dangers for higher education
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Gibbs, P. 2009. Adopting consumer time: the dangers for higher education. London Review of Education. 7 (2), pp. 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/14748460902990369
Type | Article |
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Title | Adopting consumer time: the dangers for higher education |
Authors | Gibbs, P. |
Abstract | Time and temporality have received little attention in the consumerism, marketing or, until recently, higher education literature. This paper attempts to compare the notions of timing implicit in education as paideia (transitional personal growth) with that implicit in consumerism and the marketing practices which foster it. This investigation uses Heidegger's three notions of being and their corresponding concepts of time to understand the phenomena of education and consumerism. It suggests that the consumerist notion of time can changes what higher education might be through how individuals understand their being. In my conceptual discussion I challenge higher education to resist its being temporalized by consumerism. |
Research Group | Centre for Education Research and Scholarship (CERS) |
Publisher | Carfax |
Journal | London Review of Education |
ISSN | 1474-8479 |
Publication dates | |
Jul 2009 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 24 Jun 2009 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14748460902990369 |
Language | English |
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