TY  - BOOK
AU  - Östling, Johan
AB  - 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.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 646121
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030820452
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
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/063d1765-008d-47e4-9c08-ef384c646da9/646121.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30499
PB  - Lund University Press
PP  - Lund
PY  - 2018
TI  - Humboldt and the modern German university : An intellectual history
ER  - 
