264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is one of the most important books ever published about the American university. Robert Nisbet accuses universities of having betrayed themselves. Over the centuries they earned the respect of society by attempting to remain faithful to what he terms "the academic dogma," the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. The measure of a university's greatness and of the stature of an individual... Read more
I: The Nature of the Academic Dogma; 1: The Last Reformation; 2: The Academic Dogma; 3: The Academic Community; 4: The Yield of Academic Feudalism; II: The Degradation of the Academic Dogma; 5: The Higher Capitalism; 6: The New Men of Power; 7: The Academic Bourgeoisie; 8: The Cult of Individuality; 9: The Deluge of Humanitarianism; 10: The Politicization of the University; 11: The Student Revolution; III: The Future of the Academic Dogma; 12: The Search for Academic Community; 13: The Future of the Academic Community
Biography
Egon Friedell
