{"product_id":"ecstasy-in-the-classroom-trance-self-and-the-academic-profession-in-medieval-paris-hardback-9780823281923","title":"Ecstasy in the Classroom; Trance, Self, and the Academic Profession in Medieval Paris (Hardback) 9780823281923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEcstasy in the Classroom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTrance, Self, and the Academic Profession in Medieval Paris\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAyelet Even-Ezra (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823281923\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.628 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan ecstatic experiences be studied with the academic instruments of rational investigation? What kinds of religious illumination are experienced by academically minded people? And what is the specific nature of the knowledge of God that university theologians of the Middle Ages enjoyed compared with other modes of knowing God, such as rapture, prophecy, the beatific vision, or simple faith? \u003ci\u003eEcstasy in the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e explores the interface between academic theology and ecstatic experience in the first half of the thirteenth century, formative years in the history of the University of Paris, medieval Europe's \"fountain of knowledge.\" It considers little-known texts by William of Auxerre, Philip the Chancellor, William of Auvergne, Alexander of Hales, and other theologians of this community, thus creating a group portrait of a scholarly discourse. It seeks to do three things. The first is to map and analyze the scholastic discourse about rapture and other modes of cognition in the first half of the thirteenth century. The second is to explicate the perception of the self that these modes imply: the possibility of transformation and the complex structure of the soul and its habits. The third is to read these discussions as a window on the predicaments of a newborn community of medieval professionals and thereby elucidate foundational tensions in the emergent academic culture and its social and cultural context. Juxtaposing scholastic questions with scenes of contemporary courtly romances and reading Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eAnalytics \u003c\/i\u003ealongside hagiographical anecdotes, \u003ci\u003eEcstasy in the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the often rigid historiographical boundaries between scholastic thought and its institutional and cultural context.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs its title suggests, this book does three things: (1) It describes the discourse about Paul's trance and other modes of cognizing God through key questions raised by early thirteenth-century theologians; (2) It discusses the perceptions of the self implied by this discourse; (3) It suggests these questions resonate concerns of theologians regarding the nature of their academic profession. Each chapter, therefore, has accordingly three titles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e\/ 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eWhy was Paul ignorant of his own state, and how do various\u003cbr\u003e modes of cognizing God differ? \/ \u003cb\u003e23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The experiencing self and the observing self\u003cbr\u003e Theology among other modes of cognizing God\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eHow could Paul remember his rapture? \/ \u003cb\u003e59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Memory and the continuity of the self\u003cbr\u003e Theology between experience and words\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eCan a soul see God or itself without intermediaries? \/ \u003cb\u003e81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The self as distinct from its habits and actions\u003cbr\u003e Theology between experience and observation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003eDoes true faith rely on anything external? \/ \u003cb\u003e111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The self as an ultimate source of authority\u003cbr\u003e Theology between internal and external authority\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003eWhat happens to old modes of cognition when new ones are\u003cbr\u003e introduced during trance and other transitions? \/ \u003cb\u003e135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The self and its ability to manipulate parts of it during transitions\u003cbr\u003e Theology between reasoned knowledge and simple faith\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Can knowledge qua knowledge be a virtue? \/ \u003cb\u003e158\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The self in society\u003cbr\u003e Theology between theory and practice\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSummary and Epilogue \u003c\/b\u003e\/ \u003cb\u003e189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendix\u003c\/b\u003e \/ \u003cb\u003e199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/b\u003e\/ \u003cb\u003e205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes \u003c\/b\u003e\/ \u003cb\u003e207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBibliography \u003c\/b\u003e\/ \u003cb\u003e265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex \u003c\/b\u003e\/ \u003cb\u003e291\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580330504472,"sku":"9780823281923","price":81.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ecstasy-in-the-classroom-trance-self-and-the-academic-profession-in-medieval-paris-hardback-9780823281923","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}