The Romantic Idea of A University; England and Germany, 1770-1850

by Hofstetter, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780333718889
• ISBN10: 0333718887
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-06-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

What are universities for? Should they prepare people for careers, or expand their minds by exposing them to a broad curriculum? This book reveals that this debate is not new, but was fought nearly 200 years ago in England and Germany. In both countries, the tendency towards pre-professionalism in education was countered by romantic writers who provided their own idea of a university. Examining the role of romantic thought at universities, this book tells the stories of such key figures as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Fichte.

Author Biography

Michael J. Hofstetter is Associate Professor of History, Southwest State University, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

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

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

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