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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453863603321

Autore

Levi Edward H (Edward Hirsch), <1911-2000.>

Titolo

Point of view [[electronic resource] ] : talks on education / / Edward H. Levi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1969

ISBN

0-226-47415-1

1-281-96582-0

9786611965822

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

A Chicago Classic

Disciplina

370

378.001

378/.001

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The University and the Modern Condition -- 2. The Responsibilities of the Educated -- 3. The Choices for a University -- 4. The University and the Community -- 5. The University, the Professions, and the Law -- 6. General, Liberal, and Specialized Education -- 7. The Role of a Liberal Arts College within a University -- 8. The Seminary and the University -- 9. The Law School within the University -- 10. The Shape, Process, and Purpose of the University of Chicago -- 11. Unrest and the Universities -- 12. Values in Society: Universities and the Law -- 13. The Purposes of a University -- 14. The Strategy of Truth

Sommario/riassunto

Edward H. Levi served the University of Chicago for most of his professional life, as a professor, dean of the law school, provost, and eventually president. Gathered here are fourteen talks he delivered between 1963 and 1969 that include such topics as the role of the university; the purposes of undergraduate and liberal education, professional training, and graduate research; the relations between the university and its surroundings; and the causes of student unrest.



Throughout these talks, the reader will find expressions of Levi's essential belief that "the university must stand for reason and for persuasion by reasoning."