The University in Ruins

The University in Ruins
ISBN-10
0674929535
ISBN-13
9780674929531
Category
Education
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Bill Readings

Description

Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that the integrity of the modern University has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. But now the nation-state is in decline, and national culture no longer needs to be either promoted or protected.

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