Johann Bernhard Basedow and the Transformation of Modern Education: Educational Reform in the German Enlightenment...

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Robert B. Louden (University of Southern Maine, USA)

Johann Bernhard Basedow and the Transformation of Modern Education

Educational Reform in the German Enlightenment

Robert B. Louden (University of Southern Maine, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
10 December 2020

European history; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy & theory of education

Best known for the progressive school he founded in Dessau during the 18th century, Johann Bernhard Basedow was a central thinker in the German Enlightenment. Since his death in 1790 a substantial body of German-language literature about his life, work, and school (the Philanthropin) has developed. In the first English intellectual biography of this influential figure, Robert B. Louden answers questions that continue to surround Basedow and provides a much-needed examination of Basedow’s intellectual legacy.

Assessing the impact of his ideas and theories on subsequent educational movements, Louden argues that Basedow is the unacknowledged father of the progressive education movement. He unravels several paradoxes surrounding the Philanthropin to help understand why it was described by Immanuel Kant as

“the greatest phenomenon which has appeared in this century for the perfection of humanity”, despite its brief and stormy existence, its low enrollment and insufficient funding.

Among the many neglected stories Louden tells is the enormous and unacknowledged debt that Kant owes to Basedow in his philosophy of education, history, and religion. This is a positive reassessment of Basedow and his difficult personality that leads to a reevaluation of the originality of major figures as well as a reconsideration of the significance of allegedly minor authors who have been eclipsed by the politics of historiography. For anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of the history of German philosophy, Louden's book is essential reading.

By: Robert B. Louden (University of Southern Maine USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9781350163669
ISBN 10: 135016366X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 10 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A New School for a New Age 2. Blame It on the Parents? 3. College Days 4. A New Way of Teaching 5. The Professor 6. That Old-Time Religion 7. “For Fathers and Mothers of Families and Nations:” The Methodenbuch 8. “A Well-Ordered Stock of all Necessary Knowledge:” The Elementarwerk 9. Back to School 10. After School 11. “The Mother of All Good Schools in the World” Bibliography Index

Robert B. Louden is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine, USA.

Reviews for Johann Bernhard Basedow and the Transformation of Modern Education: Educational Reform in the German Enlightenment

Louden aims to give a voice to Basedow as an 'original and independent thinker' ... and succeeds in this, quoting many times from Basedow's notes and treatises. The main achievement of Louden's book is to translate the sources, making Basedow's views accessible to an English-speaking readership. ... [The book is] not just a pleasure to read, but undoubtedly offer[s] plenty of inspiration for future research. * German Historical Institute London Bulletin * This book is essential reading for those who are interested in Kant's educational writings, and valuable for anyone interested in the history of the development of progressive education during the Enlightenment in Europe. * James Scott Johnston, Jointly Appointed Professor of Education and Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada *