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Origin of the Medieval Universities from the Perspective of Academic Capital

HU Qinxiao   

  1. (College of Education,Qufu Normal University,Qufu 273165,Shandong China)
  • Online:2019-09-01 Published:2019-07-29

Abstract: Exploring how medieval universities came into being not only has the historical value of grasping the law of the development of higher education,but also the philosophical significance of asking "where are universities from".From the perspective of academic capital,we can see that the legitimacy of commodity acquired by advanced knowledge is the origin of medieval universities,and if knowledge cannot become a commodity,it is impossible to produce scholar guilds;the formation of scholars' guilds based on knowledge transaction is the starting point of medieval universities,and without teachers' guilds or students' guild,there would be no teacher-type or student-type universities.The exchange logic of advanced knowledge inside and outside the university is the survival fulcrum of medieval universities.It is the exchange of knowledge following moral rules that provides strong economic,political and social support for the development of universities.

Key words: academic capital, medieval university, advanced knowledge;scholars' guild, exchange of knowledge

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