Titre :	The idea of the university : a reexamination
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (1923 -), Auteur
Editeur :	New Haven and London : Yale University Press
Année de publication :	©1992
Importance :	x, 238 p.
Format :	24 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-300-05834-5
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Idea of a university (Newman, John Henry) Newman, John Henry, -- 1801-1890. -- Idea of a university. Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890
Résumé :	The crisis in university education has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. In this eloquent and deeply personal book, a distinguished scholar reflects on the character and aims of the university, assessing its guiding principles, its practical functions, and its role in society. Jaroslav Pelikan provides a unique perspective on the university today by reexamining it in light of John Henry Cardinal Read more...
Note de contenu :	In dialogue with John Henry Newman -- The storm breaking upon the university : the university in crisis -- Pushing things up to their first principles -- Knowledge its own end? -- The imperial intellect and its virtues -- The mansion-house of the goodly family of the sciences -- The business of a university -- The advancement of knowledge through research -- The extension of knowledge through teaching -- Knowledge viewed in relation to professional skill -- The embalming of dead genius? -- The diffusion of knowledge through publishing -- Duties to society -- The university as ground of promise in the future -- The university and the spread of revolutionary doctrines -- The task of initiating a work of self-reformation -- Alma mater : a life of learning -- The idea of the university in scholarly literature.

The idea of the university : a reexamination [texte imprimé] / Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (1923 -), Auteur . - New Haven and London : Yale University Press, ©1992 . - x, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-300-05834-5
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Idea of a university (Newman, John Henry) Newman, John Henry, -- 1801-1890. -- Idea of a university. Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890
Résumé :	The crisis in university education has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. In this eloquent and deeply personal book, a distinguished scholar reflects on the character and aims of the university, assessing its guiding principles, its practical functions, and its role in society. Jaroslav Pelikan provides a unique perspective on the university today by reexamining it in light of John Henry Cardinal Read more...
Note de contenu :	In dialogue with John Henry Newman -- The storm breaking upon the university : the university in crisis -- Pushing things up to their first principles -- Knowledge its own end? -- The imperial intellect and its virtues -- The mansion-house of the goodly family of the sciences -- The business of a university -- The advancement of knowledge through research -- The extension of knowledge through teaching -- Knowledge viewed in relation to professional skill -- The embalming of dead genius? -- The diffusion of knowledge through publishing -- Duties to society -- The university as ground of promise in the future -- The university and the spread of revolutionary doctrines -- The task of initiating a work of self-reformation -- Alma mater : a life of learning -- The idea of the university in scholarly literature.