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Reshaping the university : responsibility, indigenous epistemes, and the logic of the gift

Summary: "In the past few decades, the narrow intellectual foundations of the university have come under serious scrutiny. Previously marginalized groups have called for improved access to the institution and full inclusion in the curriculum. Reshaping the University is a timely, thorough, and original interrogation of academic practices. It moves beyond current analyses of cultural conflicts and discrimination in academic institutions to provide an indigenous postcolonial critique of the modern university.

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ISBN: 661259344X
ISBN: 9780774813570
ISBN: 0774813571 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0774813563
ISBN: 9786612593444
ISBN: 9780774813563
Physical Description: print
xxii, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-211) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. gift -- 2. From cultural conflicts to epistemic ignorance -- 3. question of speaking and the impossibility of the gift -- 4. Knowing the "other" and "learning to learn" -- 5. Hospitality and the logic of the gift in the academy.