‘Humboldt’ Humbug! Contemporary mobilizations of ‘Humboldt’ as a discourse to support the corporatization and marketization of universities and disparage alternatives

Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-163

  Wright, Susan ^a  

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EID: 85184181651     PISSN: 23521325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004271944_010     Document Type: Chapter

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