Exile, Science and Bildung - The Contested Legacies of German Intellectual Figures (Hardcover, annotated edition)

The history of American universities is punctuated by shifts in the terms on which the mission of higher education is defined and debated. A dramatic moment with lasting effects came with the introduction of German-speaking exile intellectuals in the Hitler era. In Germany, the academic culture of the early twentieth century was torn by the struggle between Wissenschaft and Bildung, two symbolic German terms, whose lack of precise English equivalents is a sign of the different configuration in America. The studies in this book examine the achievements of numerous influential emigre intellectuals against the background of their mediation between the two cultural traditions in science and liberal studies. In showing the richness of reciprocal influences, the book challenges claims about the disruptive influence of exile culture on the American mind.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in European Culture and History
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	D. Kettler • G Lauer
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	203
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6843-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
LSN:	1-4039-6843-8
Barcode:	9781403968432

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