The concept of the university of culture: content and criticism of the "ontic foundations"
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of the study is to identify the "ontic foundations" of the transformation of a classical university from a "university of reason" into a "university of culture" in the perspective of a comparative analysis of the representation of culture in the philosophy of culture of H. Ortega y Gasset and in the "existential-historical thinking" of M. Heidegger. It is established that the idea of culture as the basis of a "holistic worldview" is the basis of the concept of a "university of culture" developed by Ortega y Gasset: in time and in essence, this is the last model of a classical university, in which "preparation for knowledge" is replaced by education: a specialist can be realized only as a "cultured person". Criticism of culture as the production of cultural artifacts ("cultural policy") by M. Heidegger leads to the conclusion about the initial absence of "ontic foundations" of the "university of culture". Scientific novelty lies in the demonstration of the need to replace the classical university with a "professional school". As a result of the study, it was concluded that science and culture as phenomena of modernity, that is, defined by the idea of technology, are the "ontic foundation" of the university-corporation as a factory for the production of useful knowledge and human capital; a modern innovative university remains a university only in name in the sense of a "technical term" (G.-G. Gadamer).
Source: KANT
Institution: Belgorod State Technological University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4285449487