Stefan Collini
Auteur van What Are Universities For?
Over de Auteur
Stefan Collini has been acclaimed as one of the most brilliant essayists of our time, and this collection shows his at his subtle, perceptive, and trenchant best.
Werken van Stefan Collini
Public Moralists: Political Thought and Intellectual Life in Britain 1850-1930 (Clarendon Paperbacks) (1961) 25 exemplaren
That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History (1983) 25 exemplaren
That's Offensive!: Criticism, Identity, Respect (Manifestos for the 21st Century) (2011) 20 exemplaren
Liberalism and Sociology: L. T. Hobhouse and Political Argument in England 1880-1914 (Cambridge Paperback Library) (1979) 12 exemplaren
Gerelateerde werken
The Two Cultures and a Second Look: An Expanded Version of the Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1961) — Introductie, sommige edities — 758 exemplaren
J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (1989) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 522 exemplaren
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1959) — Introductie, sommige edities — 260 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Collini, Stefan
- Officiële naam
- Collini, Stefan Anthony
- Geboortedatum
- 1947-09-06
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Opleiding
- Jesus College, Cambridge University (Ph.D)
Yale University (MA) - Beroepen
- Professor
Literary Critic - Organisaties
- University of Cambridge
University of Sussex - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Fellow, British Academy (2000)
- Korte biografie
- Stefan Collini has published extensively on the literary and intellectual history of Britain since 1850. Themes that have been central to his recent work include: cultural criticism; intellectuals; literary critics and public debate. He has also written about the history and purpose of universities and has been a prominent critic of recent UK higher education policy. In addition he is a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Nation (NY), and The Guardian.
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Public Moralists: Political Thought and Int… door Stefan Collini
I'm sure I picked this book up because something lead me to think it would deal with scientists as moralists, but that didn't really turn out to be true. It did, however, provide some insight into the political thought and actions of John Stuart Mill. Collini does discuss the way science was used by Mill: Alexander Bain called Mill's commitment to equality his greatest error as a scientific thinker, but Mill turned his opponents' belief in inequality into a symptom of bad science. Collini suggests that though we now remember Mill for his Utilitarian justifications, it was his actual, unequivocal morality that made him who he is: Mill's tone suggests dispassionate social fact, but he was actually tendentious and disputable. The insight that I particularly liked (and wished more politicians seemingly followed) was that Mill might compromise his measures, but never his opinions.… (meer)
Yes, these essays are sometimes difficult and sometimes the subject matter may be unfamiliar, so all the more reason to take up the challenge and learn something new from a real authority.
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- Populariteit
- #57,313
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 43