Preface and Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Science in a Small Country, 2. Astrology and Science: A Renaissance Problem, 3. Social Framework of Early Theoretical Science, 4. Competition and Quality Orientation in the American, English, and German University Systems, 5. Organizational Behavior and Strategic Change of Public Research Institutions in Turbulent Scenarios, 6. Centers of Learning Reconsidered in the Japanese Context, 7. Th e Autonomy of Science after Modernity, 8. Th e Crucible of Human and Social Sciences: Nondisciplinary Approaches to Human Subjects and the Role of the Intellectual in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France, 9. American Universities and the Stagnation of Knowledge, 10. Th e Sustainability Movement in the American University, 11. The University and Public Education, 12. In Lieu of the Epilogue: Joseph, Ben-David in Photographs, Contributors, Index