The university according to Humboldt history, policy, and future possibilities /

This book discusses the philosophy and educational reforms initiated by Wilhelm von Humboldt as well as their legacy in the modern university system. It begins with a discussion of the history of the university from antiquity and the Middle Ages through the era of Humboldt's reforms and its rem...

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Other Authors: Backhaus, Jürgen G., 1950-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2015.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 84 pages) : illustrations.
Series: SpringerBriefs in economics ; volume 89.
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Table of Contents:
  • 880-01
  • The University Before Humboldt and After
  • Macroculture, Education and Democracy: Lessons from Ancient Greece
  • The University according to Humboldt and the Alternatives
  • University Studies at Hardenberg's and Humboldt's Time and the Professionalization of University Studies Today
  • The Lexicographical Utility Function of Fertility Decisions and Humboldt's Political Principles of the State
  • The University: Idea and Practice
  • What remains of Humboldt at times of the Bologna Reform?