The Idea of the University: A Reader, Volume 1
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The Idea of the University: A Reader, Volume 1is a unique compilation of selected works of the major thinkers who have contributed to the discourse on the idea of the university in the German, English, American and French traditions, dating from the establishment of the University of Berlin in 1810. Readings include excerpts from Kant and Humboldt in the German tradition ofBildungthrough to Jaspers, Habermas and Gadamer; Newman, Arnold, Leavis and others in the British tradition; Kerr, Bok and Noble, among others, in the American tradition; and Bourdieu, Lyotard and Derrida in the French tradition. Each reading is prefaced with a brief editor’s explanatory note.The Idea of the University: A Reader, Volume 1provides a comprehensive account of the university, and is matched by a second volume of original essays on contemporary perspectives.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- (eds.)
Michael A. Peters
Ronald Barnett - Language
- English
- Series
- Global Studies in Education
- ISBN
- 9781433121913
- Release date
- 2018
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