Experiments in Education Theory

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is widely regarded not only as the founder of modern hermeneutics and liberal Protestant theology, but also as the co-founder of the modern German university in Berlin (with Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose name the university sub sequentially adopted). However, he is also known—at least among students and scholars in Central & Northern Europe—as the founder of “pedagogy” as a modern academic discipline. But while Schleiermacher’s achievements in hermeneutics, theology and the formation of the research university are increasingly well-documented in English, his contributions to education and pedagogy remain all but unknown. This book, which contains both a (partial) translation of his introductory lecture on education of 1826 and five chapters by recent and contemporary scholars on Schleiermacher and his lecture, represents an initial contribution in correcting this oversight. Translated and edited by Norm Friesen and Karsten Kenklies, the volume can be found HERE.