This volume addresses the central question facing the future of
higher education around the world, whether and why universities
need to exist at all. This book accepts the question’s premise:
It is not clear that the university is any longer needed as an
institution -- that is, unless its defenders recover what had made
the university the revolutionary institution that over the past two
centuries has not only defined the shape of modern systematic
inquiry but also the distinctiveness of the societies that have
housed them. In short, what is required is a reanimation of the
spirit of Wilhelm von Humboldt for our times; hence the book's
title and subtitle. Humboldt was responsible for relaunching the
university as the vanguard institution of 'Enlightenment' to which
we continue to pay lip service – and sometimes not much more than
that. Admittedly, the task of relaunching Humboldt today is made
difficult because many of the concrete achievements associated with
the Humboldtian university – not least academic disciplines and
nation-states – are increasingly seen as problematic if not
obsolete. However, the global reach of the Humboldtian vision in
its 19th century and 20th century heyday offers hope that it may be
recovered in the 21st century. The book focuses on the performative
character of the academic vocation, what Humboldt memorably
characterized as the 'unity of research and teaching' in the same
person, a role model for students and society at large. The book's
seven chapters develop this theme in a historically and
philosophically nuanced way in terms of the Humboldtian vision of
knowledge, sense of free expression and critical judgement, and
commitment to translation and publicity.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Steve Fuller
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
171 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-136326-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
3-03-136326-4 |
| Barcode: |
9783031363269 |
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