{"product_id":"knowledge-for-social-change-lee-benson-9781439915189","title":"Knowledge for Social Change: Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmploying history, social theory, and a detailed contemporary case study\u003ci\u003e, Knowledge for Social Change \u003c\/i\u003eargues for fundamentally reshaping research universities to function as democratic, civic, and community-engaged institutions dedicated to advancing learning and knowledge for social change. The authors focus on significant contributions to learning made by Francis Bacon, Benjamin Franklin, Seth Low, Jane Addams, William Rainey Harper, and John Dewey--as well as their own work at Penn's Netter Center for Community Partnerships--to help create and sustain democratically-engaged colleges and universities for the public good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge for Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e highlights university-assisted community schools to effect a thoroughgoing change of research universities that will contribute to more democratic schools, communities, and societies. The authors also call on democratic-minded academics to create and sustain a global movement dedicated to advancing learning for the \"relief of man's estate\"--an iconic phrase by Francis Bacon that emphasized the continued betterment of the human condition--and to realize Dewey's vision of an organic \"Great Community\" composed of participatory, democratic, collaborative, and interdependent societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Benson,Ira Harkavy,John Puckett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439915180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439915189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Lee Benson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065587577087,"sku":"9781439915189","price":74.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ee11b34-e1f0-40e6-b21b-113a7ad75bda.jpg?v=1768675961","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knowledge-for-social-change-lee-benson-9781439915189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}