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Auteur(s) : Thomas, George (1970-....)
Titre(s) : The founders and the idea of a national university [Texte imprimé] : constituting the American mind / George Thomas
Publication : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : x, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction; 1. The national-university vision and American constitutionalism; 2.
The national university and constitutional limits; 3. The national university and
state institutions; 4. Constituting the university; 5. Education, the national university,
and constituting national identity; 6. The civic dimensions of American constitutionalism;
Conclusion: the Constitution and the American mind.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"This book examines the ideas of the Founders with regard to establishing a national
university and what those ideas say about their understanding of America. It offers
the first study on the idea of a national university and how the Founders understood
it as an important feature in an educational system that would sustain the American
experiment in democracy. Their ideas about education suggest that shaping the American
mind is essential to the success of the Constitution and that this is something that
future generations would need to continue to do" ; "Constituting the American Mind
is about early efforts to establish a national university and what those efforts say
about the nature and logic of American Constitutionalism. This book offers the first
in depth study of the efforts to establish a national university from a constitutional
perspective. While mostly noted in passing, the national university was put forward
by every president from Washington to John Quincy Adams as a necessary supplement
to the formal institutions of government; it would help constitute the American mind
in a manner that carried forward the ideas the constitution rested on including, for
example, the separation of the "civic" from the "theological.""
Sujet(s) : Enseignement supérieur -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Éducation et État -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Démocratie -- Enseignement -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Pères fondateurs des États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107083431 (hardback). - ISBN 1107083435 (hardback). - ISBN 9781107443884
(paperback). - ISBN 1107443881 (paperback). - ISBN 1316028534. - ISBN 9781316028537
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44321335p
Notice n° :
FRBNF44321335
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