High and Wide, the Exact and the Vast: Emersonian "Bildung" in Dialog with Humboldt and Dewey

Autor/in	Kovalainen, Heikki A.
Titel	High and Wide, the Exact and the Vast: Emersonian "Bildung" in Dialog with Humboldt and Dewey
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 51 (2019) 5, S.508-518 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kovalainen, Heikki A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2017.1389272
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Educational Practices; Comparative Analysis; Self Actualization; Democratic Values; Intellectual Development; Religious Factors; Ethics; Political Influences; Cultural Influences; Moral Values + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungspraxis; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Ethik; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Moral value; Ethischer Wert
Abstract	In this article, it will be my aim to outline the key features of Emerson's original conception of "Bildung," with special reference to the links, first, between the American essayist and Wilhelm von Humboldt, and second, Emerson and John Dewey. After introductory notes on how to map out Emersonian "Bildung" in relation to the available philosophical commentaries, I delineate some of the chief meanings of "Bildung," showing how Emersonian self-culture aligns with Humboldtian "Bildung." Second, I draw out concrete implications for educational practice from an Emersonian view of self-culture vis-à-vis comparisons with Dewey. In addition to "Bildung" qua self-culture, another basic sense of Emersonian "Bildung" is education, and Emerson often deals with educational themes in his treatments of self-culture. In the final section, I return to the specifics of Emerson's sense of "Bildung," saying a few words on the alleged elitism of the term, and in particular, its neglected religious overtones. This section serves the purpose of distinguishing Emerson's view not only from related accounts of "Bildung," but also from the secondary commentaries available. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01