| Exile, Science and Bildung: The Contested Legacies of German Intellectual Figures 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Kettler, D. (Editor), Lauer, G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1403968438 ISBN-13: 9781403968432 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2005 Annotation: In a series of studies, "Exile, Science, and Bildung" examines the effects on American academic culture of the German conflict between disciplinary rigor and humanistic cultivation, as this is mediated through the remarkably influential exile intellectuals of the 1930s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Science | History |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2005047204 |
| Series: Studies in European Culture and History |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.42" W x 9.55" (0.99 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of American universities is punctuated by shifts in the terms on which the mission of higher education is defined and debated. A dramatic moment with lasting effects came with the introduction of German-speaking exile intellectuals in the Hitler era. In Germany, the academic culture of the early twentieth century was torn by the struggle between Wissenschaft and Bildung, two symbolic German terms, whose lack of precise English equivalents is a sign of the different configuration in America. The studies in this book examine the achievements of numerous influential migr intellectuals against the background of their mediation between the two cultural traditions in science and liberal studies. In showing the richness of reciprocal influences, the book challenges claims about the disruptive influence of exile culture on the American mind. |