Humboldt Revisited : : The Impact of the German University on American Higher Education / / Gry Cathrin Brandser.

Humboldt Revisited offers a fresh perspective on the contemporary discourse surrounding reform of European universities. Arguing that contemporary reform derives its basis from pre-constructed truths about the so-called ‘Humboldt-university,’ this monograph traces the historical descent of these tru...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Higher Education in Critical Perspective: Practices and Policies ; 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Mythos Humboldt
  • CHAPTER 2 The American Reception of Humboldt
  • CHAPTER 3 Liberal Education beyond Bildung
  • CHAPTER 4 The University in the Knowledge Society
  • CHAPTER 5 A Genealogy of the “Service University”
  • CHAPTER 6 The Gothic Tales of Hannah Arendt
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index