An Academic Civilization?
Can institutions of higher education be defined as constituting a civilization that has emerged from modern civilization? This theoretical study defines a new concept of academic civilization and demonstrates how prominent characteristics that define the collective identity of modern civilization ar...
| Publicado en: | Comparative Civilizations Review Vol. 94; no. 94; pp. 128 - 151 |
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International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
Spring2026
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