From Bildung to Learning Society
Philosophical Foundations and Mutations of a Modern Ideal
A research combining history of philosophy and political philosophy following a plan in four axes (2023-2027)
History and typology
Historical reconstruction of the texts formed around the concept of Bildung in classical German philosophy through an original typology of the contrasting positions of the main authors.
Corpus
Establishing a corpus of scientific and political texts and discourses on the Learning Society in order compare the paradigm of LS to the modern philosophy of Bildung, their homologies and mutations.
Critical transformations
Identification and analysis of the most significant critical transformations of the Bildung concept by Marx, Mill, Nietzsche and Dewey in order to outline their main theoretical divergences.
Critiques and reconstruction
Testing the concrete relevance of this systematic comparison and of the heuristic potential of the Bildung philosophy in the context of the current mutations of the Idea of University.
Quentin Landenne
Principal investigator
Quentin is a doctor of philosophy and a law graduate. As an FNRS research associate and a professor at UCLouvain – Saint-Louis (Brussels), he currently works on reconstructing the systematic function of the Bildung concept, and confronting it with the contemporary Learning Society.
Matthieu Frémont
PhD Student
An agrégé in philosophy, Matthieu holds a Master’s degree in history of philosophy. Focusing on German philosophy, his research aims to show how, in Hegel, Bildung constitutes an autonomous semiotic field disguising the meaning of other spiritual contents treated elsewhere in his system.
Eric-John Russell
Postdoc researcher
A former Marie Skłodowska Curie postdoc fellow at the University of Potsdam, Eric-John studied philosophy in New York, Frankfurt, and London. He now develops a critical theory of opinion based on the works of Hegel, Adorno, and Debord.
Ornella Seigneury
Postdoc researcher
Ornella is…
Anne-Sophie De Clercq
Administrative coordinator
Anne-Sophie holds a master’s degree in French and Romance languages as well as two complementary master’s degrees in multilingual negotiation. She coordinates the administrative aspects of the BildungLearning project.
What’s next?
Here is what we are currently working on…
Papers
We are translating key texts about academic freedom, and hope the publisher will be anounced soon.
Events
The year will end with our traditionnal TeamBildung, with every member of the team and special guests exposing their last research…
Miscellaneous
Discover our YouTube channel with videos from past conferences and seminars!
