Transnational Intellectual Networks Forms of Academic Knowledge and the Search for Cultural Identities |
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| Editor:
| Charle, Christophe
Schriewer, Jurgen
Wagner, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-3-593-37371-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Publisher: | Campus Verlag GmbH
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $105.95 |
Book Description:
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The university system, both in America and abroad, has always claimed a universal significance for its research and educational models. At the same time, many universities, particularly in Europe, have also claimed another role--as custodians of national culture.
Transnational Intellectual Networks explores this apparent contradiction and its resulting intellectual tensions with illuminating essays that span the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century nationalization...
More DescriptionThe university system, both in America and abroad, has always claimed a universal significance for its research and educational models. At the same time, many universities, particularly in Europe, have also claimed another role--as custodians of national culture. Transnational Intellectual Networks explores this apparent contradiction and its resulting intellectual tensions with illuminating essays that span the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century nationalization movements in Europe through the postwar era.