Comments on: General Comments

By: Paul F. Gehl

Paul F. Gehl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:20 +0000

Sarah: Thanks for this comment. See my reply at the other spot where you you posted it, section 5.17.

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:48:21 +0000

In Chapter 5, you discuss conservativism with regard to Jesuit education. You say “ Educational conservatism sometimes consists of such inertia. Teachers and (just as often) parents want the children of today to learn the same lessons in the same ways that their elders had. Attachments to textbooks, especially books that were widely memorized, often took this form — affection reinforced by inertia.”(5.07). This, and the sections that followed raised some questions for me. Is there any indication that parents challenged the centralization of Education that was part of the Jesuit program? The chapter emphasizes this combination of issues: localism, conservativism and education, which is interesting because my immediate assumption is that they indicate a demand for cultural autonomy (rather than just the cultural sensitivity that was the cause of localized printing). Would you say that people in general were reacting to the centralization of education in a way that advocated local control?

By: Paul F. Gehl

Paul F. Gehl — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:55:01 +0000

You got caught in the Chicago rush hour, Mike. When you put in a comment for the very first time, the system puts you on hold until I or another administrator can approve you, i.e. you personally. This is just so we don’t get the comment fields filled up by spambots (lots of them in Russia it seems). I was on the bus in heavy downtown traffic when you put in your first note, and just got home. From now on your comments should show up automatically. Let me know if they do not. I will reply to your note about Celenza’s book in text –at section 8.02.

By: mikegoddard

mikegoddard — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:23:54 +0000

I tried posting this comment in the body of the text, but it was not working. This is probably a mistake on my end. What strikes me about “Humanism for Sale” is that the scholarship seems to speak to the concerns of Christopher S. Celenza. His 2004 work “The Lost Italian Renaissance” expresses the dire need for scholars to study the Latin texts of Renaissance authors for a broader understanding of the time period. He also urges researchers to take the time for the thankless duty of translating these texts to encourage further graduate study, especially in the United States. “Humanism for Sale,” though focusing on a specific set of writings, is a step in the direction Celenza envisions for Renaissance Studies. Is this a fair assessment?

By: Paul F. Gehl

Paul F. Gehl — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:02:35 +0000

Our plan is –eventually– to have live links to some of the bibliographical information. Meanwhile, you have to use this cumbersone work-around. Sorry.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:27:33 +0000

Yes. You must go to the associated web site:
http://www.humanismforsale.org
There is a link for the full bibliography, in pdf form.

By: Ray Clemens

Ray Clemens — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:24:29 +0000

Is there a bibliography where the citations in the notes are expanded?