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Commotion at the Sorbonne: the debate on the French University, 1910–1914

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2001

H. L. WESSELING
H. L. WESSELING
Affiliation:
NIAS, Meijboomlaan 1, 2242 PR Wassenaar, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

In the summer of 1910 the Paris weekly L'Opinion published a series of articles that severely criticized the University of Paris. This was the beginning of an intense debate on the nature and goals of university education. The meaning and limits of scientific knowledge and research were also discussed. There was a nationalistic side to the argument as well, as the Sorbonne was attacked for following the German model. The debate is still interesting, because it raises various issues of the relationship between university and society.

Type
Original Article
Information
European Review , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 89 - 96
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2001

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