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Existentialism and Education

An Introduction to Otto Friedrich Bollnow

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Authors:
  1. Ralf Koerrenz

    1. Institut für Bildung und Kultur, Universität Jena Institut für Bildung und Kultur, Jena, Germany

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Editors:
  1. Norm Friesen

    1. Dept of Educational Technology, Boise State University Dept of Educational Technology, BOISE, USA

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  • First to provide a biographical and thematic overview of Bollnow’s philosophy of education

  • Provides an accessible introduction to a key continental theorist of education and offers a thematic outline of Bollnow’s theory

  • Introduces readers to rich continental traditions in educational thought that are largely unknown in English, including human science pedagogy and pedagogical anthropology

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. What Can We Say with Any Certainty About Human Beings?

    • Ralf Koerrenz
    Pages 1-10

  3. From “Uncertainty” to “Deeper Understanding”

    • Ralf Koerrenz
    Pages 11-18

  4. Between Lebensphilosophie and Existential Philosophy

    • Ralf Koerrenz
    Pages 19-50

  5. Educational Reality

    • Ralf Koerrenz
    Pages 51-91

  6. Conclusions: Criticisms and Connections

    • Ralf Koerrenz
    Pages 93-101

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 103-115
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About this book

This volume examines Otto Friedrich Bollnow’s philosophical approach to education, which brought Heidegger’s existentialism together with other theories of what it is to be “human.” This introduction to Bollnow's work begins with a summary of the theoretical influences that Bollnow synthesized, and goes on to outline his highly original account of experiential “educational reality”--namely, as a reality alternately “harmonious” or “broken,” but fundamentally “guided.” This book will be of value to scholars and students of education and philosophy, especially those interested in bringing larger existential questions into connection with everyday educational engagement.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Educational Technology, Boise State University Dept of Educational Technology, BOISE, USA

    Norm Friesen

  • Institut für Bildung und Kultur, Universität Jena Institut für Bildung und Kultur, Jena, Germany

    Ralf Koerrenz

About the editor

Ralf Koerrenz is Professor of Historical Education and Global Education at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.


Norm Friesen is Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the College of Education, Boise State University, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Existentialism and Education

  • Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Otto Friedrich Bollnow

  • Authors: Ralf Koerrenz

  • Editors: Norm Friesen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48637-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48636-9Published: 20 March 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48637-6Published: 09 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 115

  • Topics: Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Existentialism

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