The totalising effect of consumerism, well-being and satisfaction
is a discourse which may negate the value of struggle and mastery
of complex subjects and a realization of personal potentiality. Why
Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment considers the
consequences of a hedonistic and well-being centred model of
student education as one of the goals of higher education and
proposes an alternative goal for higher education. In a globalised
consumer society where the anxiety for an identity leads to the
fear of not reaching the standard, Paul Gibbs shows how anxiety can
be harnessed to secure contentment with one's own future without
the fear of consumer-induced emptiness. He conceptualises higher
education in a counter-valued way to the current dominant discourse
of higher education institutions and educational policy while
placing students at the centre of their own educational activity.
In doing so, Gibbs proposes contentment as a guiding principle of
higher education.
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