Knowledge and nation
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Knowledge and nation
(Edinburgh education and society series)
Edinburgh University Press, c1990
- : pbk
Available at 25 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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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.
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: 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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