Disciplines in the Making

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Elites, Learning, and Innovation
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-969471-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 292 g

Ambitious original work on how we conceive academic disciplines
Wide-ranging both historically (ancient to modern) and culturally (East and West)
Lloyd is one of Britain's most distinguished scholars and a pioneer of the comparative study of different cultures
Accessible to readers in any discipline

The organisation of higher education across the world is one of several factors that conspire to create the assumption that our own map of the intellectual disciplines is, broadly speaking, valid cross-culturally. Disciplines in the Making challenges this in relation to eight main areas of human endeavour, namely philosophy, mathematics, history, medicine, art, law, religion and science. Lloyd focuses on historical and cross-cultural data that throw light on the different ways in which these disciplines were constituted and defined in different periods and civilisations, especially in ancient Greece and China, and how the relationships between them were understood, particularly when one or other discipline claimed hegemonic status (as happened, at different times, with philosophy, history, religion and science). He also explores the role of elites, whether positive (when they foster the professionalisation of a discipline) or negative (when they restrict recruitment to the profession, when they insist on adherence to established norms, concepts and practices and thereby inhibit further innovation). The issues are relevant to current educational policy in relation to the ever-increasing specialisation we see, especially in the sciences, and to the difficulties encountered in making the most of the opportunities for inter- or trans-disciplinary research.

Zielgruppe

Advanced students and scholars interested in intellectual history (including history of philosophy, classics, law, medicine, science, mathematics, religion, and art); social scientists working on the academic world; anyone working on comparative studies of European and Chinese intellectual culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lloyd, G E R

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1: What is philosophy?
2: Mathematics
3: History
4: Medicine
5: Art
6: Law
7: Religion
8: Science
Conclusion: Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity
Notes on Editions
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

G. E. R. Lloyd, Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge