Intellectual Tradition of University in the Face of Current Challenges

Abstract

With this essay I want to pay attention to the condition of the contemporary university and to define its function in the future. According to the rich tradition of university I pointed at the meaning of humanistic research as the research that describes the character of high education. I focused on the mission of postmodern university, as a part of postmodern culture which destroys humanistic values. I do not agree with postmodern egalitarism and utilitarism of higher education and I recommend coming back to the 20 th century vision of university, created by Wilhelm von Humboldt. I believe that only intellectual traditionalism and conservatism are the cure for contemporary problems of higher education.