The new spirit of capitalism in European Liberal Arts programs*
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The new spirit of capitalism in European Liberal Arts programs*. / Claus, Jakob; Meckel, Thomas; Pätz, Farina.
In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 50, No. 11, 19.09.2018, p. 1011-1019.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The new spirit of capitalism in European Liberal Arts programs*
AU - Claus, Jakob
AU - Meckel, Thomas
AU - Pätz, Farina
PY - 2018/9/19
Y1 - 2018/9/19
N2 - The following paper suggests a connection between recent developments in the justification of the capitalist system and contemporary European Liberal Arts programs. By looking at Luc Boltanski’s and Eve Chiapello’s study on The New Spirit Of Capitalism and Gilles Deleuze’s term of societies of control we highlight a pivot within Western societies towards flexibility, creativity and self-fulfillment as essential requirements on the job market. We then link this observation to European Liberal Arts programs and ask to what extent the Liberal Arts’ self-understanding, as it appears at European universities, conforms to this new capitalist imperative. Furthermore, we examine how we experienced these claims during our time as Liberal Arts students.
AB - The following paper suggests a connection between recent developments in the justification of the capitalist system and contemporary European Liberal Arts programs. By looking at Luc Boltanski’s and Eve Chiapello’s study on The New Spirit Of Capitalism and Gilles Deleuze’s term of societies of control we highlight a pivot within Western societies towards flexibility, creativity and self-fulfillment as essential requirements on the job market. We then link this observation to European Liberal Arts programs and ask to what extent the Liberal Arts’ self-understanding, as it appears at European universities, conforms to this new capitalist imperative. Furthermore, we examine how we experienced these claims during our time as Liberal Arts students.
KW - creativity, autonomy and self-responsibility
KW - European Liberal Arts
KW - new spirit of capitalism
KW - societies of control
KW - Sustainability Science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020491528&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00131857.2017.1341298
DO - 10.1080/00131857.2017.1341298
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85020491528
VL - 50
SP - 1011
EP - 1019
JO - Educational Philosophy and Theory
JF - Educational Philosophy and Theory
SN - 0013-1857
IS - 11
ER -