Publication Date:
2024-03-23
Description:
This book is about the idea of the university in modern Germany. Its primary focus is how the transformation of the Humboldtian tradition gave direction to debates around higher education. By combining approaches from intellectual history, conceptual history and the history of knowledge, the study investigates the ways in which Humboldt’s ideas have been appropriated for various purposes in different historical contexts and epochs. Ultimately, it shows that Humboldt’s ideals are not timeless – they are historical phenomena and have always been determined by the predicaments and issues of the day. Nevertheless, many of the key concepts and fundamental ideas have endured throughout the twentieth century, though they have been interpreted in different ways.
Keywords:
history of the university
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humboldtian tradition
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intellectual history
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bildung
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germany
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history of knowledge
;
wilhelm von humboldt
;
academic ideals
;
university
;
research university
;
Alexander von Humboldt
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Berlin
;
Karl Jaspers
;
Nazism
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thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DF Central Europe::1DFG Germany
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
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thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC9 History of ideas
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNB History of education
Language:
English
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