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Author Leprevost, Franck

Title Universities and Civilizations Worldwide Academic Competition and Geopolitics
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (239 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Elements of Genesis -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Origin of a Triptych -- 1.1. The sun is shining in Berkeley -- 1.2. Fukuyama versus Huntington: the revenge of civilizations in the 21st Century -- 1.3. The role of universities in the race for global intellectual leadership -- 1.4. Why? Where? How? -- 2. Why? -- 2.1. The purpose of universities -- 2.2. International rankings and world academic elite -- 2.3. What is the role of a leading university?
2.4. What are the reasons for the intellectual arms race? -- 3. Where? -- 3.1. The "Big Four" and their methodologies -- 3.2. Analysis of the Top 20 -- 3.3. Analysis of the Top 200 -- 3.4. Analysis of the Top 1000 -- 4. How? From Russia with 5-100 -- 4.1. The land of the Tsars, of snow and Doctor Zhivago -- 4.2. The Russian excellence initiative: the 5-100 program -- 4.3. The results of the 5-100 program in 2019 -- 4.4. Obstacles to Russian academic excellence -- 4.5. Analysis and options: brain, heart and soul -- 5. Conclusion: Analysis and Perspectives
5.1. Winners of the race for global academic leadership -- 5.2. Europe -- Paul Valéry's anticipation -- 5.3. Universities for what? Automation, demographics and flow -- 5.4. Work and occupation: the need for a political project -- 5.5. Western civilization -- the judgment of "elementary particles" -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Huntington's Country -Civilization Dictionary -- Appendix 2: Top 20 Rankings -- Appendix 3: Top 200 Rankings -- Appendix 4: Top 1000 Rankings -- Appendix 5: Continental and Western Europe -- Appendix 6: Europe: 5 + 1 -- Notes, Insertions and Tangents -- References -- Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781119801900
1119801907