Title Disciplines in the making : cross-cultural perspectives on elites, learning, and innovation / G.E.R. Lloyd

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- What is philosophy? -- Mathematics -- History -- Medicine -- Art -- Law -- Religion -- Science -- Conclusion: Discipline and interdisciplinarity Summary 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 differentways in which these disciplines were constituted and defined in different periods and civilisations, especially in ancient G Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index Notes Print version record Subject Learning and scholarship -- Cross-cultural studies Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Cross-cultural studies Elite (Social sciences) -- Attitudes -- Cross-cultural studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Elite (Social sciences) -- Attitudes Learning and scholarship Universities and colleges -- Curricula Wissenschaft Interdisziplinarität Kulturvergleich Spezialisierung Interdisziplinäre Forschung Bildungspolitik Wetenschap. Universiteiten. Elites. Interdisciplinair onderzoek. Wissenschaft. Interdisziplinarität. Spezialisierung. Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191570643 0191570648 9780191721649 0191721646

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