Althoff and the Changing Constitution of Science: Bureaucratic, Economical or Cognitive?

Abstract

With respect to the guiding “ideas” of Humboldt and their consequences for the constitution of science, describes the transition to a modern research university with the emergence of theory‐based practice, science‐based technology and technology‐based industry. The pure research imperative is endangered or even substituted by a new technological imperative

Citation

Spinner, H.F. (1993), "Althoff and the Changing Constitution of Science: Bureaucratic, Economical or Cognitive?", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 20 No. 4/5. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000175