Universities after communism - Ralf Dahrendorf - książka wyd. 2000

Opis

Universities After Communism is one of Ralf Dahrendorf’s most insightful reflections on the fate of higher education in Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communist regimes. Written at a pivotal historical moment, the book examines how universities — long suppressed, politicized, and ideologically constrained — attempted to rebuild themselves as institutions of freedom, critical inquiry, and democratic citizenship.

Dahrendorf approaches the topic not merely as a sociologist, but as a political philosopher deeply concerned with the conditions that make free societies possible. For him, the university is not just an educational structure; it is a pillar of liberal democracy, a space where independent thought can flourish and where future citizens learn to question, debate, and imagine alternatives.