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The Degradation of the Academic Dogma

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Degradation of the Academic Dogma

By Egon Friedell, Robert Nisbet

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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 scholar was determined not by the immediate usefulness of the work done, but by how much it contributed...Show more

Philosophy and theory of education

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9781138535077

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

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The Degradation of the Academic Dogma

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Hardcover

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