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Why Did The University Rise In The West

Posted on:2017-12-01Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:H L LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1317330518990200Subject:Higher Education
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Usually people think that the rise in the University of the West is a fait accompli, after its life fiom the 11th century unfold. On the surface is a history of the University's history of independent academic institutions,this body of knowledge and scholars of history,otherwise there was more of the way the university explained the rise. However, with respect to the terms we are familiar with today's idea ofthe university, institution, organization, ritual, and operation of the system, the first born from the University of Western medieval Why, and how the rise and spread throughout the world? University of Western Europe is how to achieve the "medieval triumph", and how to become the world's institutions of higher learning to follow the object? These problems is not clear. University history is not a mere history or the history of the organization, but a microcosm of the history of Western civilization, from a deeper theoretical level needed to explore the process of its rise. Thus, the rise of universities not only from medieval history to find fault, but should be placed in the historical evolution of the West against the background of the rise of civilization, from the root to explore University. Looking from the perspective of the University of why civilizations rise in the West, based on the peed to find the source of civilization, from the intellectual life of the West to carry out the way to sort out how the birth of the university context, China Unicom and ultimately the birth of medieval universities. Only the University of why the rise in the West to find the essence of the process, the outline of the University is clear. The rise is the fate of the University of Western civilization, Western civilization deep in promoting rational gene university emerged, but the university has produced an accident of history, the university appeared in the 12th century rather than the other times, was born in a city rather than another city with a certain degree of randomness. In addition, the university produces its fate is unstable, with the rise and fall of scholasticism, the university has gone through peaks and valleys. Sectarian strife in the era of large institutions fall, to the "Ice Age."The main part of the paper consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 Analysis of ancient Greek spirit and the rise of university history, starting from the ancient Western civilization began in Greece,starting combing intellectual life, the study of ancient Greek Philosophy on Western epistemological significance of Tradition, and explore the ancient Greek academy Sources University. Chapter 2 is the Roman civilization at the University of gestation, explore ancient Rome to the transition and integration of the Greek civilization, the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity about how the popularity of Western intellectual life, and the ancient Greek - Roman civilization together how providing education on the basis of production and knowledge for the university. Chapter 3 examines how the birth and spread of medieval universities, people on two levels dark medieval history and prosperity of the University analyzed historical environment before the birth, the 12th century Renaissance-depth analysis of how the same translation movement, Pope revolutionary combined impact generated from university of. Effect of medieval scholastic philosophy of the university should not be overlooked, as the scholastic methodology of Western intellectual history of the revolution created a rise of university, but because of its rigid conservatism also makes the late University of degradation, toward a historic recession. Chapter 4 is the rise of the overall review of Western University, summed up in the medieval university triumph brought the world what kind of impact,particularly combed Why is the West? Why is the specific reason for the birth of medieval universities,and explored how European and world universities is show in the world, and the university is how to become a universal value of the world have accepted.As a conclusion of the study, in order to sort out the history of 1,2,3,4 chapter basis, the paper clarifies the reasons for the rise in the University of the West in the conclusion: (1) from the University of Western intellectual life of curiosity and imagination . (2) university system is a product of the Western social system environment. Soul (3) at the University of individualism and free will.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ancient Greek, Roman, medieval, medieval universities, rationalism, intellectual life
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