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Birkbeck - 200 Years of Radical Learning for Working People (Hardcover)
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Birkbeck - 200 Years of Radical Learning for Working People (Hardcover)
Series: History of Universities Series
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Birkbeck traces the 200-year history of Birkbeck, University of
London from its founding at a time when social elites deplored the
notion of educated working people to the present day. Joanna Bourke
writes a lively history of the institution, and how it contributed
to the shaping of modern British higher education. Two hundred
years ago, Birkbeck was founded as the London Mechanics'
Institution (LMI). When it was established in 1823, one third of
all men and half of all women were unable to read or write. British
elites were vehemently hostile to educating working people. The
country was in political turmoil and it was feared that education
would destroy society. This was the context in which the LMI was
established. From its foundation, it was unique. Birkbeck traces
its history from 1823 to the present, with Joanna Bourke using the
history of Birkbeck to reflect on life and culture in London over
the past two centuries. What does it mean to be educated? Why have
Birkbeck's students been prepared to give up so much in order to
study for a higher degree? How does education help us become fully
human and self-fulfilled by learning how to use all our faculties -
knowledge, imagination, sympathy? The story of Birkbeck contains
some blood, oceans of scholarly sweat, and not a few tears. But it
is also a story of laughter, intellectual excitement, scholarly
eccentricity, collective as well as personal ambition, and, most of
all, the quirky passions and personalities that make up the
Birkbeck community. It is a story of a unique university but also
of higher education of Britain. It shows how knowledge can empower
people to better themselves and improve the world.
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