"Onderzoek." . . "Universiteit Leiden." . . "Humanities." . . "Wetenschappelijk onderwijs." . . "Rijksuniversiteit Leiden." . . "Education." . . "Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden." . . "Universiteit Leiden." . . "Leiden" . . "Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden History" . . . . "Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden" . . "Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden." . . "Willem Otterspeer on the history of the Leiden University, a 'bastion of liberty'. Key to understanding the university as an institution."@en . "Willem Otterspeer on the history of the Leiden University, a 'bastion of liberty'. Key to understanding the university as an institution." . . "Computer network resources"@en . . "History"@en . . "History" . . . . . . "The Bastion of liberty : Leiden University today and yesterday" . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . "The Bastion of Liberty Leiden University Today and Yesterday"@en . "The Bastion of Liberty Leiden University Today and Yesterday" . . . . "Leiden University today and yesterday" . "The bastion of liberty : Leiden University today and yesterday" . "The bastion of liberty : Leiden University today and yesterday"@en . "Electronic books" . . "Electronic books"@en . "Leiden University today and yesterday"@en . . . . "The bastion of liberty Leiden University today and yesterday" . "Historisch overzicht in woord en beeld." . . . "The bastion of liberty Leiden University today and yesterday"@en . . . "Het bolwerk van de vrijheid De Leidse universiteit in heden en verleden" . . . . . "Het bolwerk van de vrijheid : de Leidse universiteit in heden en verleden" . . . . "Het bolwerk van de vrijheid de Leidse universiteit in heden en verleden" . . "Leiden University was conceived as the embodiment of specifically academic ethics which sought to improve society through a cumulative process of knowledge acquisition. Drawing on the idea of Leiden as a 'bastion of liberty', the renowned historian Willem Otterspeer proposes that concepts such as 'equilibrium' and 'mediation' are key to understanding the university as an institution. Modernity and scale expansion have made Leiden University a different institution in the twentyfirst century, one scarcely comparable to what had gone before. As this lively and erudite study shows, a university is a form of social capital, one of Western society's answers to the dilemma of collective action, an instrument for preserving and restoring equilibrium, and hence for fostering continuity. From this vantage point, a university is a confidencebuilding mechanism that generates solutions to the serious problems facing society today. Also available in Dutch: \"http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789087280246\">ISBN 978 90 8728 024 6" . . . "Leiden" . . "Geschichte 1575-2008" . . "Academia Lugduno-Batava." . . "Social Science." . . "Rijks Hoogeschool te Leiden." . . "History." . .