Dados es una de las principales publicaciones de ciencias sociales en América Latina. Creada en 1966, publica trabajos inéditos e innovadores, procedentes de investigaciones académicas, de autores brasileños y extranjeros. Editada por IESP-UERJ, tiene como objetivo conciliar el rigor científico y la excelencia académica con un énfasis en el debate público basado en el análisis de temas sustantivos en la sociedad y la política.
Dados n. 19 Rio de Janeiro 1978
Resumen
This paper discusses the role of universities in the developing countries, with special emphasis on their importance as centers of educational training and scientific research. An analysis of India and Japan addresses the question of the particular conditions under which Western science can be successfully transplanted to radically different cultural and historical contexts. A study of the Iberian experience at its golden age shows that an expansion of the educational and economic systems took place in the 16th century, but subsequent political and economic decadence and particularly the influence of the inquisition prevented the establishment of a solid scientific tradition. A look at the Latin American university experience leads the author to conclude that the political militance of these institutions does not preclude, but may even go hand in hand with, a conservative approach to intellectual and scientific pursuits. The problems involved in introducing modem scientific training in the universities of developing countries have often led (as in the case of Brazil and Turkey) to the emergence of academically successful independent institutions, which operate outside the traditional educational systems and leave the latter unchanged. However, these successful experiments in institutionalized scientific training have been able to break away from traditional educational patterns and are thus potentially important sources of innovation in cultural, intellectual and scientific organization and activity for their respective countries.
Universidade, Ciência e Subdesenvolvimento
Português do Brasil
English