...Located in Princeton, New Jersey, it has close ties to Princeton University, but is not a research institute affiliated with the university. Department store owner Louis Bamberger provided funding, and educational administrator Abraham Flexner conceived the idea. The idea was to create a free research and educational institution for graduate school graduates based on the idea of "useless learning," thus bringing a breath of fresh air to the American academic culture that was centered on practical learning. In 1930, it was opened in a corner of Princeton University, inviting German scholars such as Einstein to the institution. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Flexner, A." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ニュージャージー州プリンストンにあり,プリンストン大学と密接な関係にあるが,大学所属の研究所ではない。百貨店主バンバーガーLouis Bambergerが資金を供出し,教育行政家のフレックスナーAbraham Flexnerが構想をねり,大学院修了者のための,〈無用の学の用〉に基づく自由な研究・教育機関をつくることとし,実用の学中心のアメリカの学風に新風を吹きこんだ。1930年ドイツのアインシュタインなどを招き,プリンストン大学の一隅に開設された。… ※「Flexner,A.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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