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The Origins of Higher Learning - Knowledge networks and the early development of universities (Paperback)
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The Origins of Higher Learning - Knowledge networks and the early development of universities (Paperback)
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Higher education has become a worldwide phenomenon where students
now travel internationally to pursue courses and careers, not
simply as a global enterprise, but as a network of worldwide
interconnections. The Origins of Higher Learning: Knowledge
networks and the early development of universities is an account of
the first globalisation that has led us to this point, telling of
how humankind first developed centres of higher learning across the
vast landmass from the Atlantic to the China Sea. This book opens a
much-needed debate on the origins of higher learning, exploring
how, why and where humankind first began to take a sustained
interest in questions that went beyond daily survival. Showing how
these concerns became institutionalised and how knowledge came to
be transferred from place to place, this book explores important
aspects of the forerunners of globalisation. It is a narrative
which covers much of Asia, North Africa and Europe, many parts of
which were little known beyond their own boundaries. Spanning from
the earliest civilisations to the end of the European Middle Ages,
around 700 years ago, here the authors set out crucial findings for
future research and investigation. This book shows how
interconnections across continents are nothing new and that in
reality, humankind has been interdependent for a much longer period
than is widely recognised. It is a book which challenges existing
accounts of the origins of higher learning in Europe and will be of
interest to all those who wish to know more about the world of
academia.
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