Uncovers how late seventeenth-century scholars crafted the research university as a haven for critical inquiry.
Today, the idea that the advancement of knowledge serves the public interest is a truism. It was once the subject of widespread and lively debate. This book recovers how advancing knowledge deployed contentious political strategies of advancing empire. It can inform current debates over the value and practices of research.
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