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The Case for an Ethology of Scholarship

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Scholars constitute an endangered species and must be studied as an ecological system. They form a transcultural and transhistorical group. Though generally considered as pathological, their existence is a necessity for the survival of any society. They are now threatened in three ways: by technology, by the university and by the new definitions of culture.

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  1. Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, UFR de littérature, langages et philosophie, Bâtiment L, 200, avenue de la République, 92001, Nanterre Cedex, France

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Marx, W. The Case for an Ethology of Scholarship. Soc 48, 342–347 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-011-9447-2

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