Publication

Lund University Press, Lund, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789198376814
  • ISBN-109198376810
  • Better World Books9789198376814
  • Open LibraryOL28357593M

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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  • Humboldt and the modern German universityLund University Press

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