Volosnikova, L.M. The concept of academic autonomy as a legal principle in the works of S.I. Gessen.

Abstract: This article by L.M. Volosnikova is devoted to the problem of academic freedom as an optimal regime of functioning of science and higher education, as expressed by S.I. Gessen (1887-1950) in his famous work “Bases of pedagogics. Introduction to the practical phylosophy”, which was written in 1920 and often called “the most charismatic book in Russian phylosophy of education in XX century”. For example, back in 1920, Gessen noted that academic mobility of students and lecturers of Russian and European university is a necessary condition for successful development of science…