The Humboldtian Tradition: Origins and Legacies (Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions)

In The Humboldtian Tradition, eleven scholars consider Wilhelm von Humboldt as a historical phenomenon and a contemporary symbol. Inspired by the growing body of literature that in recent years has problematized the modern research university, they put Humboldt's basic academic principles into context and discuss their significance for the current debate about higher education. The authors draw on the latest research in order to bring the educational and research policies of our day into perspective. At a time when the university is undergoing deep-seated transformations worldwide, they address the question how we should relate to the ideas associated with Humboldt's name. What is his relevance to the twenty-first century? Contributors are: Mitchell Ash, Pieter Dhondt, Ylva Hasselberg, Marja Jalava, Peter Josephson, Thomas Karlsohn, Claudia Lindén, Johan Östling, Sharon Rider, Hans Ruin, Susan Wright.-- Provided by Publisher Contents About the Authors Introduction: The Humboldtian Tradition and Its Transformations • Peter Josephson, Thomas Karlsohn and Johan Östling Part 1: Historical Origins 1 The Publication Mill: The Beginnings of Publication History as an Academic Merit in German Universities, 1750–1810 • Peter Josephson 2 On Humboldtian and Contemporary Notions of The Academic Lecture • Thomas Karlsohn 3 It Takes a Real Man to Show True Femininity: Gender Transgression in Goethe’s and Humboldt’s Concept of Bildung • Claudia Lindén Part 2: Transformations of a Tradition 4 Humboldt the Undead: Multiple Uses of ‘Humboldt’ and his ‘Death’ in The ‘Bologna’ Era • Mitchell G. Ash 5 ‘Humboldt’ in Belgium: Rhetoric on the German University Model 8 Pieter Dhondt 6 The Regeneration of the University: Karl Jaspers and the Humboldtian Tradition in the Wake of the Second World War • Johan Östling 7 When Humboldt Met Marx: The 1970s Leftist Student Movement and the Idea of the University in Finland • Marja Jalava Part 3: Contemporary Contentions 8 ‘Humboldt’, Humbug! Contemporary Mobilizations of ‘Humboldt’ as a Discourse to Support the Corporatization and Marketization of Universities and Disparage Alternatives • Susan Wright 9 Philosophy, Freedom, and the Task of the University: Reflections on Humboldt’s Legacy • Hans Ruin 10 Reclaiming Norms: The Value of Normative Structures for the University as Workplace and Enterprise • Ylva Hasselberg 11 The Very Idea of Higher Education: Vocation of Man or Vocational Training? • Sharon Rider Index In The Humboldtian Tradition, eleven scholars consider Wilhelm von Humboldt as a historical phenomenon and a contemporary symbol. Inspired by the growing body of literature that in recent years has problematized the modern research university, they put Humboldt's basic academic principles into context and discuss their significance for the current debate about higher education. The authors draw on the latest research in order to bring the educational and research policies of our day into perspective. At a time when the university is undergoing deep-seated transformations worldwide, they address the question how we should relate to the ideas associated with Humboldt's name. What is his relevance to the twenty-first century? Contributors are: Mitchell Ash, Pieter Dhondt, Ylva Hasselberg, Marja Jalava, Peter Josephson, Thomas Karlsohn, Claudia Lindén, Johan Östling, Sharon Rider, Hans Ruin, Susan Wright.-- Provided by Publisher In The Humboldtian Tradition, eleven scholars analyse Wilhelm von Humboldt as a historical phenomenon and a contemporary symbol. They put Humboldt's basic academic principles into context and discuss their significance for the current debate about the university