A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Enlightenment / edited by Esther Mijers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mijers, Esther, editor.

Series:

The Cultural Histories Series.

The Cultural Histories Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Education, Higher--History.

Education, Higher.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

The period 1600-1760 was a time of transition and change. Bookmarked by the end of the Renaissance and the High Enlightenment, these decades saw a huge increase in connections and communication, between people and across the continents, while at the same time new tensions and oppositions emerged. Europe’s discovery of new lands and its quest for empire; the breakup of Christianity as a result of the Reformation; and revolutions in science and printing made their impact felt on education. Higher learning in particular expanded and transformed: the number of universities grew and other institutions of education emerged. Its purpose also changed; from educating those intended for the church or the professions, institutions of Higher Learning now also taught future administrators, state officials and colonial servants. This volume discusses the practices through which higher learning was disseminated, experienced, interpreted and applied, in a period of profound change. Taking a thematic approach it considers the connected histories of higher learning, in terms of ideas, people and geography. A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays on higher learning and cultures; geographies; authorities; teaching; disciplines; communities; materialities; contestations and epitome.

Contents:

General Editor Preface, Ning de Coninck-Smith (Aarhus University, Denmark), Julia Horne (University of Sydney, Australia) and William Whyte (University of Oxford, UK) Introduction, Esther Mijers (University of Edinburgh, UK) 1. Higher Learning and Cultures, Dirk van Miert (Universiteit van Utrecht, the Netherlands) 2. Higher Learning and Geographies, Stefano Gulizia (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy) 3. Higher Learning and Authorities, Marianne Taatz-Jacobi (Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) 4. Higher Learning and Teaching, Giovanni Gellera (University of Geneva, Switzerland) 5. Higher Learning and Disciplines, Floris Verhaart (Warwick University, UK) 6. Higher Learning and Communities, Richard Kirwan (University of Limerick, Ireland) 7. Higher Learning and Materialities, Clarisse Godard Demarest (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France) and James Legard 8. Higher Learning and Contestations, Richard Oosterhoff (University of Edinburgh, UK) 9. Higher Learning and Epitome, Julia Bray (University of Oxford, UK)

ISBN:

9781350285651

OCLC:

1582443109