A Free and Ordered Space: The Real World of the University (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393306712)

President of Yale University from 1978 to 1986 and before that professor of English at Yale, A. Bartlett Giamatti was one of the voices that most clearly articulated the role of the university in the modern world. In twenty-four essays here, Mr. Giamatti explores the relationship of the university to government, industry, and the private sector. He defines the essence of liberal education, rooted in freedom, dedicated to learning for its own sake. He exposes menace of ideologues of any stripe who would impose on the university a limiting political, religious, or social agenda. Throughout, Giamatti sets forth his commitment to an education that "will constantly test rather than impose the values it cherishes."

Author: A. Bartlett Giamatti
ISBN-10: 0393306712
ISBN-13: 9780393306712
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 02/01/1996
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.50w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/20/1990