1st Edition
The Educated Subject and the German Concept of Bildung A Comparative Cultural History
By Rebekka Horlacher
Copyright 2016
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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German education plays a huge role in the development of education sciences and modern universities internationally. It is influenced by the educational concept of Bildung , which defines Germany ‘s theoretical and curricular ventures. This concept is famously untranslatable into other languages and is often misinterpreted as education, instruction, training, upbringing and other terms which... Read more
Introduction. 1. Bildung in the Eighteenth Century? 2. The Fundaments of the Educationalized World 3. The Philosophy of Politeness as Language for Bildung 4. Bildung as a National Construct 5. Bildung as a Social Distinction 6. Bildung and its Travels to North America 7. Bildung as a Fundamental Concept in the German Educational Sciences 8. Bildung after the Second World War: Reconnections and Skeptical Variations 9. Bildung as an Alternative to Contemporary Empiricism in Education Research. 10. Concluding Remarks, or Bildung in the Twenty-First Century.
Biography
Rebekka Horlacher is Professor of Education at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
