Humboldt and the modern German university : An intellectual history
- Lund Lund University Press 2018
- 1 electronic resource (312 p.)
Open Access
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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English
Germany 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 History of ideas History of education
history of the university humboldtian tradition intellectual history bildung germany history of knowledge wilhelm von humboldt academic ideals university research university Alexander von Humboldt Berlin Karl Jaspers Nazism