TY - GEN AU - Östling,Johan TI - Humboldt and the modern German university : An intellectual history PY - 2018/// CY - Lund PB - Lund University Press KW - Germany KW - bicssc KW - 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 KW - History of ideas KW - History of education KW - history of the university KW - humboldtian tradition KW - intellectual history KW - bildung KW - germany KW - history of knowledge KW - wilhelm von humboldt KW - academic ideals KW - university KW - research university KW - Alexander von Humboldt KW - Berlin KW - Karl Jaspers KW - Nazism N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30499/1/646121.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30499/1/646121.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30499/1/646121.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34273 ER -