Vices of the learned : towards a long-term history of scholarly vices / edited by Sjang ten Hagen, Herman J. Paul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hagen, Sjang L. ten, 1993- editor.

Paul, Herman, editor.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 362.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; Volume 362

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning and scholarship.

Education, Higher--Philosophy.

Education, Higher.

Intellectual life--History.

Intellectual life.

Virtue epistemology.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Higher education and state.

Intellectuals--Social life and customs.

Intellectuals.

Study skills.

Physical Description:

xi, 341 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"Why are professors still warning their students against dogmatism, prejudice, pedantry, and other centuries-old vices? What explains the persistence of these scholarly vices across the ages? With case studies from medieval Europe to twenty-first century America, Vices of the Learned offers a panoramic overview of qualities, habits, and inclinations that scholars at various times and places saw as detrimental to their work. Innovative is the volume's longue durée approach. Also, the volume breaks new ground in highlighting the importance of "low" genres (aphorisms, proverbs, anecdotes) and stereotypical figures (the pedant, the charlatan, the mammon) in transmitting vices over time"-- Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Vices of the learned

ISBN:

9789004725041

9004725040

OCLC:

1552084885