The University in Ruins
by Bill Readings
238 pages· 1996· ISBN 9780674929531
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Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy & in the work of British thinkers such as Newman & Arnold, Readings argues that historically the integrity of the modern university has been linked to the nation-state.
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