The Elective Mind - (Philosophica) by Réal Fillion (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Que signifie l'enseignement dit « supérieur »? Dans quel but obtient-on un diplôme en étude de la philosophie? Ce livre soutient que les études universitaires représentent un espace privilégié pour se cultiver soi-même, mais qu'il est à la fois menacé par la pression de la spécialisation et du « marketing » de l'éducation au premier cycle.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This book discusses the relevance of philosophy courses within the undergraduate curriculum as integral to the self-formation that is at the heart of a liberal education. The objective is to provide a historically layered view of what it can still mean to study for its own sake. <br> The elective university classroom is important because the course of study is chosen out of personal interest and enthusiasm, as opposed to being primarily governed by predetermined disciplinary objectives. It engages the student's mind directly and freely, and counters the overly specialized minds favoured by the contemporary university as well as the commodification of its degrees. <br> The discussion builds on the distinction put forward by Raymond Williams between a dominant culture (in this case, university study as contributing to research and/or marketable degrees) and alternative and/or oppositional cultures that have both residual and emergent dimensions. The elective stream of university study is treated as alternative and oppositional to the dominant culture. <br> The elective university classroom is examined as a combination of a classroom, students, texts, and professors. Each element is explored in terms of its alternative/residual significance as illustrated through the history of philosophy: the classroom and students through the life and death of Socrates; texts through the origins of the university in medieval scholasticism; the professor in the Humboldtian reform of the university at the beginning of the nineteenth century in Berlin. <br> <i>Published in English.</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Free from the demands of program requirements and the pragmatic, societal pressure to reduce education to professional training and other such demands, ...elective courses offer a unique opportunity, the author argues, to reflect on the human condition and cultivate the student's human experience. The book intends not just to describe this predicament, but to exemplify the kind of text that can animate such learning."</p>--Bruce Gilbert "Chair of Philosophy and Liberal Arts, Full Professor, Bishop's University"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Réal Fillion</b> enseigne la philosophie depuis près de 30 ans et il est professeur au département de philosophie de l'Université de Sudbury, qui fait partie de la Fédération de l'Université Laurentienne. Il est l'auteur de <i>Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History: Exploring Kant, Hegel and Marx</i> et <i>Foucault and the Indefinite Work of Freedom</i>, deux ouvrages également publiés aux Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa.
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