Maxwell, Nicholas;
(2022)
The World Crisis and the Key to Its Resolution.
In: White, Robert E and Chitpin, Stephanie, (eds.)
Leading under Pressure: Educational Leadership in Neoliberal Times.
(pp. 199-203).
Emerald Publishing Limited: Bingley.
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Abstract
Humanity faces two basic problems of learning: learning about the universe and learning how to become civilized. We have solved the first problem but not the second and that puts us in a situation of great danger. Almost all our global problems have arisen as a result. It has become a matter of extreme urgency to solve the second problem. The key to that is to learn from our solution to the first problem how to solve the second one. This was the basic idea of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, but, in implementing it, the Enlightenment blundered. Their mistakes are still built into academia today. In order to create a civilized world, it is essential we cure academia of the structural blunders inherited from the Enlightenment. We need to bring about a revolution in science, and in academia more broadly so that the basic aim becomes wisdom, and not just knowledge.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The World Crisis and the Key to Its Resolution |
| ISBN-13: | 9781801173599 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1108/978-1-80117-358-220221018 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-358-220221018 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143601 |
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