Knowledge and nation

Author(s)

• Scott, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Knowledge and nation

Peter Scott

（Edinburgh education and society series）

Edinburgh University Press, c1990

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780748601684

Description

This study explores the links between knowledge (science, technology and things which are learnt) and nation (culture and the things which have to be accepted as given). Its theme is the tension between reason and expertise on one hand, and experience and custom on the other. It describes the historical shape of modern European culture in general, with profiles of the prominent thinkers of each age. The relationship between knowledge, culture and the modern university is explored with a detailed look at the problems caused by the 20th century's notion of "mission" in higher education. Finally, it gives a portrait of modern Britain as a country with a strong sense of tradition, but gradually losing its national identity and its vital connections with the past.

Table of Contents

• Knowledge and nation
• the knowledge business
• modern times
• links and limits
• higher hopes
• national education
• the British way.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780748601882

Description

This study explores the links between knowledge (science, technology and things which are learnt) and nation (culture and the things which have to be accepted as given). Its theme is the tension between reason and expertise on one hand, and experience and custom on the other. It describes the historical shape of modern European culture in general, with profiles of the prominent thinkers of each age. The relationship between knowledge, culture and the modern university is explored with a detailed look at the problems caused by the 20th-century's notion of "mission" in higher education. Finally, it gives a portrait of modern Britain as a country with a strong sense of tradition, but gradually losing its national identity and its vital connections with the past.

Table of Contents

• Knowledge and nation
• the knowledge business
• modern times
• links and limits
• higher hopes
• national education
• the British way.

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Details

• NCID: BA10663303
• ISBN:
  • 0748601686
  • 0748601880
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 210 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 121
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Knowledge - Philosophical perspectives
  • LCSH : Knowledge, Theory of
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0997264X