Science, Tradition and Scholarship: Restoring Trust to Higher Learning in Iceland

• Published in: Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
• Main Author: Þórlindsson, Þórólfur
• Other Authors: Félags og mannvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (UI), Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Social Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Viðskiptafræðideild og hagfræðideild Háskóla Íslands, viðskiptafræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Seðlabanki Íslands. 2008
• Subjects: Science; Tradition; Relativism; University Management; Háskólar; Stjórnun; Vísindi; Háskóli Íslands; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/206; https://doi.org/10.24122/tve.a.2008.6.2.3

In this paper I argue that the academic culture, politics and the organization of the University of Iceland has been characterized by three cultures that I label as the literary, the civic, and the Humboldtian traditions. These traditions have mixed with new ideologies and social movements, vast soc...