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9780300058345

The Idea of the University; A Reexamination

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300058345

  • ISBN10:

    0300058349

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1994-02-23
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

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 Newman's 150-year-old classic The Idea of a University and showing how Cardinal Newman's ideas both illuminate and differ from current problems facing higher education. Pelikan begins by affirming the validity of Newman's first principle: that knowledge must be an end in itself. He goes on to make the case for the inseparability of research and teaching on both intellectual and practical grounds, stressing the virtues--free inquiry, scholarly honesty, civility in discourse, toleration of diverse beliefs and values, and trust in rationality and public verifiability--that must be practiced and taught by the university. He discusses the business of the university--the advancement of knowledge through research, the extension and interpretation of knowledge through undergraduate and graduate teaching, the preservation of knowledge in libraries, museums, and galleries, and the diffusion of knowledge through scholarly publishing. And he argues that by performing these tasks, by developing closer ties with other schools at all levels, and by involving the community in lifelong education, the university will make its greatest contribution to society.

Table of Contents

Preface
In Dialogue with John Henry Newmanp. 3
The Storm Breaking upon the University: The University in Crisisp. 11
Pushing Things up to Their First Principlesp. 22
Knowledge Its Own End?p. 32
The Imperial Intellect and Its Virtuesp. 44
The Mansion-House of the Goodly Family of the Sciencesp. 57
The Business of a Universityp. 71
The Advancement of Knowledge through Researchp. 78
The Extension of Knowledge through Teachingp. 89
Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skillp. 99
The Embalming of Dead Genius?p. 110
The Diffusion of Knowledge through Publishingp. 121
Duties to Societyp. 137
The University as Ground of Promise in the Futurep. 146
The University and the Spread of Revolutionary Doctrinesp. 157
The Task of Initiating a Work of Self-Reformationp. 168
Alma Mater: A Life of Learningp. 180
The Idea of the University in Scholarly Literaturep. 190
Notesp. 199
Works Cited and Consultedp. 213
Indexp. 231
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