Humboldt and the modern German university
Subtitle: An intellectual history
Publisher: Lund University Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Lund
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: History of ideas; Germany; History of education; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
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.
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