Necessidade e falibilidade da autoridade na universidade

Abstract

The theme presented in this work is the influence and the relevance of the authority in the internal and external environments of the University field, considering it as necessary but also fallible. Without having in mind the possibility of achieving a definitive answer to this question, since it is such a complex subject, this work, whose characteristics are philosophical and historical, tried to find the meaning of the term authority in a perspective of necessity and fallibility in the historical context of the universities. In order to achieve its goals a bibliographical research was carried and it became possible to raise some historical points concerned to the university life since the middle age up to XX century. Then, one could realize that since its origin the university has lived with authorities that influenced and determined its function as an Institution so that it could attend the aims of power that in a determined moment were authority and other authoritarism. Thus, this work may be the beginning of a discussion whose aim is to understand the relations of power within the academic and university environments.