{"product_id":"the-origins-of-german-self-cultivation-bildung-and-the-future-of-the-humanities-9781800738591","title":"The Origins of German Self-Cultivation: Bildung","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tRecent devaluations of a liberal arts education call the formative concept of \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e, so central to humanistic inquiry, was historically imagined and applied in its original German context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJennifer Ham, Ulrich Kinzel, and David Tse-chien Pan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Self-cultivation and the Police State: The Political Context of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Concept of \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUlrich Kinzel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fichte’s Conception of \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e and German National Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Tse-chien Pan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Becoming Solid: \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e and Storage Media in Moritz’s and Goethe’s Italian Travels\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSean Franzel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Schinkel’s Altes Museum as “\u003cem\u003eBildungsmuseum\u003c\/em\u003e”:  The Aesthetic Education of a National Community and the Makings of the Modern Museum\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndrea Meyertholen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cem\u003eBildungsmaschine\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eWillenserziehung\u003c\/em\u003e:  Nietzsche’s Project of “Heroic Minds”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJennifer Ham\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Self-Formation of Poetic Expression: Wilhelm Dilthey’s \u003cem\u003eGeistesgeschichte\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnna Guillemin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBildung\u003c\/em\u003e as Dialectical and Theological Hermeneutics in the Service of the Humanities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042752495959,"sku":"9781800738591","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800738591.jpg?v=1750955477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-origins-of-german-self-cultivation-bildung-and-the-future-of-the-humanities-9781800738591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}