The Marketplace of Ideas

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Reform and Resistance in the American University

By Louis Menand

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The Marketplace of Ideas by Harvard professor Louis Menand explores the persistent challenges within the American university system. Menand addresses why colleges struggle to determine required subjects and why interdisciplinary studies face academic resistance. He argues that despite profound societal and technological changes, the principles of scholarly organisation and curriculum remain rooted in the nineteenth century, creating a conflict that impacts the pursuit of knowledge and truth.
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Ideal for educators, students, and readers interested in higher education and academic reform.

"Crisp and illuminating . . . well worth reading."—Wall Street Journal

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The publication of The Marketplace of Ideas has precipitated a lively debate about the future of the American university system: what makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects are required? Why are so many academics against the concept of interdisciplinary studies?

From his position at the heart of academe, Harvard professor Louis Menand thinks he's found the answer. Despite the vast social changes and technological advancements that have revolutionised the society at large, general principles of scholarly organisation, curriculum, and philosophy have remained remarkably static.

Sparking a long-overdue debate about the future of American education, The Marketplace of Ideas argues that twenty-first-century professors and students are essentially trying to function in a nineteenth-century system, and that the resulting conflict threatens to overshadow the basic pursuit of knowledge and truth.

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Washington Monthly praises the book as "a worthy and admirably succinct exploration of why colleges are so difficult to improve."

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ISBN: 9780393339161

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 232g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Louis Menand, professor of English at Harvard University, is the author of The Metaphysical Club, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in History. A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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