Humboldt and the Modern German University : An Intellectual History
(2018)- Abstract
- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
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- author
- Östling, Johan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2018
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- historia, idéhistoria, kunskapshistoria, universitetshistoria, Tyskland, universitet, högre utbildning, Wilhelm von Humboldt
- pages
- 292 pages
- publisher
- Lund University Press
- ISBN
- 978-91-983768-1-4
- 978-91-983768-0-7
- project
- Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Lund University Press books are published in collaboration with Manchester University Press First published by Atlantis, Stockholm, in 2016, as Humboldts universitet: Bildning och vetenskap i det moderna Tysklands historia ISBN 978-91-7353-856-5
- id
- c9c4e8eb-ac38-4112-bf65-05459f76efdb
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- https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198376814/9789198376814.xml
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