The Intellectual Climate of the Early University (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture): Essays in Honor of Otto Gründler: 39 (Studies in Medieval Culture) - Softcover

Nancy Van Deusen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879288842 ISBN 13: 9781879288843

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, 1997

Synopsis

Despite a good deal of research and writing concerning the development and intellectual transformation in the period of the early university, the subject remains in many respects enigmatic. This collection of essays in honor of Otto Grundler tackles many of the questions that run to the heart of the early university. The volume will be of interest to scholars of the period as well as anyone familiar with issues of today's academic profession, as the questions that confronted the early university are not so unfamiliar today: What exactly is the life of the mind? What should one learn in a university? What is learning itself good for? What is a discipline, and is it possible for disciplines to reinforce each other? Can some university disciplines be identified as givens, as forming an unquestionably self-evident basis for university study? And even that most basic question: What is a university after all? This collection of essays from experts in a range of fields confronts these questions in a broad, satisfying way that expands and clarifies the questions that are as relevant today as they were in the thirteenth century.

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Nancy Van Deusen is a professor at Claremont Graduate University and has published on music and institutional culture in Medieval Rome and France.

About this edition

• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1879288842
• ISBN 13: 9781879288843
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 219