Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ452293
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Culture, Democracy, and the University.
Bailin, Sharon
Interchange, v23 n1-2 p63-69 1992
Examines claims that the bodies of knowledge, standards, and methods of inquiry promulgated by the university are undemocratic, representing a hegemony of Western, middle class, male culture. Argues that this view is based on a social construction view of knowledge and points out problems with this view. (SM)
Descriptors: Bias, Cultural Influences, Democracy, Epistemology, Higher Education, Inquiry, Power Structure, Social Structure, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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