Michael Peters: 36 books

This book develops the notion of 'knowledge cultures' as a basis for understanding the possibilities of education and development in the age of knowledge capitalism. 'Knowledge cultures' refers to the cultural preconditions in the new production of knowledge and their basis in shared practices, embodying...

The movement toward greater openness represents a change of philosophy, ethos, and government and a set of interrelated and complex changes that transform markets altering the modes of production and consumption, ushering in a new era based on the values of openness: an ethic of sharing and peer-to-peer...

We live in the age of global science – but not, primarily, in the sense of ‘universal knowledge’ that has characterized the liberal metanarrative of ‘free’ science and the ‘free society’ since its early development in the Enlightenment. Today, an economic logic links science to national...

Education plays an important role in challenging, combating and in understanding terrorism in its different forms, whether as counter-terrorism or as a form of human rights education. Just as education has played a significant role in the process of nation-building, so education also plays a strong...

Over the last century the ECG has been used by clinicians to make major clinical decisions with regard to electric pacing, the use of thrombolytic drugs in acute myocardial infarction and the timing of surgery. In conjunction with a chest X-ray and the echocardiogram it is a fundamental part of the...

Engagement is trendy. Although paired most often with community, diverse invocations of engagement have gained cache, capturing longstanding shifts toward new practices of knowledge making that both reflect and facilitate multiple ways of being an academic. Engagement functions as a gloss for these...

'Warum schreiben Sie?' Eine gern gestellte Frage an Autorinnen und Autoren im Anschluss an eine Lesung. Ja, warum? Diese Situation war der Ausgangspunkt für die Idee zu diesem Buch. Es muss doch mehr geben! Es muss doch ein wahrhaftiges Schreibtischleben geben, das unter den ausweichenden Standardantworten...

Ich staune oft über die schiere Vielfalt und Fülle des Lebens, die so weit über den normalen menschlichen Bezugsrahmen hinaus geht. Wie ein Goldfisch in seinem Glas leben wir in unseren persönlichen Wirklichkeiten eingeschlossen. Jenseits unserer kleinen persönlichen physischen Realitäten liegt...