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If History, Philosophy And So On Vanish From Academic Life, What They Leave In Their Wake May Be A Technical Training Facility Or Corporate Research Institute. But It Will Not Be A University In The Classical Sense Of The Term, And It Would Be Deceptive To Call It One.

-Terry Eagleton

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If History, Philosophy And So On Vanish

Terry Eagleton

If History, Philosophy And So On Vanish From Academic Life, What They Leave In Their Wake May Be A Technical Training Facility Or Corporate Research Institute. But It Will Not Be A University In The Classical Sense Of The Term, And It Would Be Deceptive To Call It One.

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