The Idea of a University (Rethinking the Western Tradition) - Softcover

Newman, John Henry

 
9780300064056: The Idea of a University (Rethinking the Western Tradition)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300064055 ISBN 13: 9780300064056
Verlag: Yale University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Since its publication almost 150 years ago, The Idea of a University has had an extraordinary influence on the shaping and goals of higher education. The issues that John Henry Newman raised--the place of religion and moral values in the university setting, the competing claims of liberal and professional education, the character of the academic community, the cultural role of literature, the relation of religion and science--have provoked discussion from Newman's time to our own. This edition of The Idea of a University includes the full text of "University Teaching" and four selections from "University Subjects," together with five essays by leading scholars that explore the background and the present day relevance of Newman's themes.

In the essays Martha Garland discusses the character and organization of the early nineteenth-century English universities upon which Newman based much of his vision; Frank M. Turner traces the impact of Newman's influence during the vast expansion of higher education since World War II; George Marsden investigates how the decreasing emphasis on religion has affected higher education; Sara Castro Klaren examines the implications of Newman's views on education and literature for current debates between proponents of a curriculum based on western civilization and one based on multiculturalism; and George Landow considers what the advent of electronic communication will mean to university teaching, research, and community. To aid accessibility, the edition also includes an analytical table of contents, a chronology and biographical sketch of Newman's life, questions for discussion, expanded notes, and a glossary of names, all of which will help make this the standard teaching text for Newman's work.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Frank M. Turner is the John Hay Whitney Professor of History at Yale University. Martha McMackin Garland is associate professor of history and associate dean of the College of Humanities at Ohio State University. Sara Castro Klaren is research professor of Latin American literature and culture at Johns Hopkins University. George P. Landow is professor of English and art history at Brown University. George M. Marsden is the Francis A. McAneney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

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The issues that John Henry Newman raised--the place of religion and moral values in the university setting, the competing claims of liberal and professional education, the character of the academic community, the cultural role of literature, the relation of religion and science--have provoked discussion from Newman's time to our own.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300064055
ISBN 13 
9780300064056
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
400
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