Educating Humanity

During the past decade there has been renewed interest in the German idea of <i>Bildung.</i> This collection of newly written essays asks how this classical idea of an education of the self – as proposed by neo-humanists such as Schiller, Von Humboldt and Hegel – can make sense of the education of humanity in the information age. <br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Timely re-examination of the tradition of <i>Bildung</i> in the context of postmodernity.<br /> </li> <li>Asks how the classical idea of an education of the self can make sense of the education of humanity in the information age.<br /> </li> <li>Considers the idea of a dynamic transformation extending through culture and politics.<br /> </li> <li>Plays a crucial part in the developing theory and practice of education.</li> </ul>