Klaus Mollenhauer's Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as one of the most important German contributions to educational and curriculum theory in the 20th century. Appearing here in English for the first time, the book draws on Mollenhauer's concern for social justice and his profound awareness of the pedagogical tension between the inheritance of the past and the promise of the future. The book focuses on the idea of Bildung, in which philosophy and education come together to see upbringing and maturation as being much more about holistic experience than skill development. This translation includes a detailed introduction from Norm Friesen, the book's translator and editor. This introduction contextualizes the original publication and discusses its application to education today. Although Mollenhauer's work focused on content and culture, particularly from a German perspective, this book draws on philosophy and sociology to offer internationally relevant responses to the challenge of communicating cultural values and understandings to new generations. Forgotten Connections will be of value to students, researchers and practitioners working in the fields of education and culture, curriculum studies, and in educational and social foundations.

Klaus Mollenhauer's Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as one of the most important German contributions to educational and curriculum theory in the 20th century. Appearing here in English for the first time, the book draws on Mollenhauer's concern for social justice and his profound awareness of the pedagogical tension between the inheritance of the past and the promise of the future. The book focuses on the idea of Bildung, in which philosophy and education come together to see upbringing and maturation as being much more about holistic experience than skill development. This translation includes a detailed introduction from Norm Friesen, the book's translator and editor. This introduction contextualizes the original publication and discusses its application to education today. Although Mollenhauer's work focused on content and culture, particularly from a German perspective, this book draws on philosophy and sociology to offer internationally relevant responses to the challenge of communicating cultural values and understandings to new generations. Forgotten Connections will be of value to students, researchers and practitioners working in the fields of education and culture, curriculum studies, and in educational and social foundations.

Klaus Mollenhauer diskutiert in seinen vier Studienbriefen, die er zu Beginn der 1980er-Jahre verfasst hat und die mit diesem Band erstmals einer breiten OEffentlichkeit zuganglich gemacht werden, die Relevanz der Kritischen Theorie fur die Erziehungswissenschaft. Darin spiegelt sich nicht nur seine damalige Perspektive auf die Kritische Theorie und deren Rezeption in der Erziehungswissenschaft wider, sondern auch Mollenhauers Entwurf einer Kritischen Erziehungswissenschaft als einer spezifischen Art, Fragen zu stellen und padagogisch relevante Phanomene in den Blick zu nehmen. Die Kurseinheiten sind Zeugnis eines eindrucksvollen erziehungswissenschaftlichen Denkens, das wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisfragen nicht von praktischen Fragen trennt, das Bezuge ausserhalb der Erziehungswissenschaft sucht, diese aber immer wieder an die genuinen Fragen der eigenen Disziplin ruckbindet und das dazu auffordert, eingeschlagene Wege kritisch zu beleuchten, wenn die erziehungswissenschaftlichen Grundfragen aus dem Blick zu geraten drohen.