M. Hofstetter

The Romantic Idea of a University (eBook, PDF)

England and Germany, 1770-1850

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Produktbeschreibung

By the late eighteenth century, universities in England and Germany had lost their sense of purpose. The romantics then presented them with a new one, a new Idea of a university. In Germany, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and others stressed that universities must teach more effectively; in England, Coleridge and Wordsworth attached to the German Idea a desire to keep the universities part of England's national church.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230510739
• Artikelnr.: 38182678

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL HOFSTETTER is Associate Professor of History at Southwest State University in Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface The Confessional Idea of a University and its Fall The Genesis of the Romantic Idea of a University in Germany The Romantic Idea of a University in England The New Foundation in Berlin Cambridge and Oxford, 1830-1850 Whither the Romantic Idea of a University Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'...he makes a real contribution to our knowledge of the history of universities...' Brian Hendley, History of Education Quarterly