About Nietzsche’s Lectures On the Future of Our Educational Institutions

François, Arnaud and Milisavljević, Vladimir and Asavoaie, Cristiana and Bonalume, Anna and Errázuriz, José A. (2015) About Nietzsche’s Lectures On the Future of Our Educational Institutions. Meta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy, 7 (2). pp. 252-272. ISSN 2067-3655

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Abstract

The text focuses on reflecting on the role of modern university in a man intellectual development, starting from Nietzsche’s ideas. By drawing up some of the main methodological and philosophical concepts of the German philosopher, the text highlights a series of aspects on the (still) Humboldian nature of current universities – a state of tension under the political, economic and social factors. Thus, the classic concepts of Bildung and Kultur specific to the XIX-century University are analyzed in relation with the crisis that marked the Prussian state of Bismarck period. Higher education being available to the masses is a current problem Nietzsche didn’t avoid to call „savageness” and „decline” of the higher educational system. The purpose of the text is to point out if Nietzsche’s ideas can be still applied nowadays.

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