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In order to survive, the university would have to institutionalize a new order of knowledge, one that was self-organizing, internally coherent, and embodied in the very character of the modern, critical scholar.

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An important story, told by Wellmon... His exposition is deeply grounded in intellectual, rather than social, history. Choice Organizing Enlightenment is an intriguing book for readers with significant prior knowledge of educational and German history...this reviewer found the material on lexica and encyclopedias a fascinating new perspective. History of Education Quarterly

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Science as Culture
2. The Fractured Empire of Erudition
3. Encyclopedia from Book to Practice
4. From Bibliography to Ethics
5. Kant's Critical Technology
6. The Enlightenment University and Too Many Books
7. The University in the Age of Print
8. Berlin, Humboldt, and the Research University
9. The Disciplinary Self and the Virtues of the Philologist
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 7/29/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781421419886, 978-1421419886
      ISBN10: 1421419882
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In order to survive, the university would have to institutionalize a new order of knowledge, one that was self-organizing, internally coherent, and embodied in the very character of the modern, critical scholar.

      Trade Review
      An important story, told by Wellmon... His exposition is deeply grounded in intellectual, rather than social, history. Choice Organizing Enlightenment is an intriguing book for readers with significant prior knowledge of educational and German history...this reviewer found the material on lexica and encyclopedias a fascinating new perspective. History of Education Quarterly

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. Science as Culture
      2. The Fractured Empire of Erudition
      3. Encyclopedia from Book to Practice
      4. From Bibliography to Ethics
      5. Kant's Critical Technology
      6. The Enlightenment University and Too Many Books
      7. The University in the Age of Print
      8. Berlin, Humboldt, and the Research University
      9. The Disciplinary Self and the Virtues of the Philologist
      Afterword
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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