Academia versus the World Outside

Academia versus the World Outside

Bruce Fleming

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2025
ISBN:
9781032666105
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The book explains the givens of the knowledge industry within the ivory tower, colleges and universities. It then moves outside academia to consider this restricted world the way most people see it. The contrast between these two views of academia explains and is at the basis of a major portion of the left-right animosity of our day.

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