The Ideals of Joseph Ben-David. The Scientist’s Role and Centers of Learning Revisited

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

 1.  Science in a Small Country Joseph Ben-David

2.  Astrology and Science: A Renaissance Problem Brendan Dooley

3.  Social Framework of Early Theoretical Science Dmitri Panchenko

4.  Competition and Quality Orientation in the American, English, and German University Systems Claudius Gellert

5.  Organizational Behavior and Strategic Change of Public Research Institutions in Turbulent Scenarios Mario Coccia

6.  Centers of Learning Reconsidered in the Japanese Context Chikako Takeishi

7.  The Autonomy of Science after Modernity Yaron Ezrahi

8.  The Crucible of Human and Social Sciences: Nondisciplinary Approaches to Human Subjects and the Role of the Intellectual in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Franc Nathalie Richard

9.  American Universities and the Stagnation of Knowledge Liah Greenfeld

10.  The Sustainability Movement in the American University Peter Wood                             

11.  The University and Public Education Michael Ben-Chaim

12.  In Lieu of the Epilogue: Joseph Ben-David in Photographs Miriam Ben-David

Contributors

Index