The Origins of German Self-Cultivation: Bildung and the Future of the Humanities

Author:   Jennifer Ham ,  Ulrich Kinzel ,  David Tse-chien Pan
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
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9781800738591


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   10 February 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Recent devaluations of a liberal arts education call the formative concept of Bildung, a defining model of self-cultivation rooted in 18th and 19th century German philosophy and culture, into question and force us to reconsider what it once meant and now means to be an educated individual. This volume uses an arc of interdisciplinary scholarship to map both the epistemological origins and cultural expressions of the pivotal notion of Bildung at the heart of pursuit in the humanities. From its intriguing original historical manifestations to its continuing resonance in current ongoing debates surrounding the humanities, the editors urge us to ask and discover how the classical concept of Bildung, so central to humanistic inquiry, was historically imagined and applied in its original German context.

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Author:   Jennifer Ham ,  Ulrich Kinzel ,  David Tse-chien Pan
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781800738591


ISBN 10:   1800738595
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   10 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Jennifer Ham is Professor of German and Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she teaches courses on German literature, culture and language and serves as division Chair of Humanities. Jennifer has also published and presented on subjects such as animal studies, Nietzsche, femininity, cabaret, Frank Wedekind and German cinema, and is also coeditor of Animal Acts: Configuring the Human in Western History (Routledge, 1997).

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