Beyond the Modern University: Toward a Constructive Postmodern University

by Marcus Peter Ford

The modern university, which has its origins in 18th and 19th century Germany, is currently at war within itself. It seeks to portray itself on the one hand as an engine of economic development and, on the other hand, as existing for the sake of disinterested scholarly reflection and as a repository for human culture. The author outlines an entirely different conception of what the university must become if it is to be a force for good in the world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897897943
• ISBN13: 9780897897945
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.7"