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
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
Our Team
Our multidisciplinary project brings together researchers from various horizons including philosophy, political sciences, and education.
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.
Anna Georgiou
PhD Student
Anna holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, an MA in Philosophy, and an MPhil in Education, Globalization, and International Development. Her doctoral work explores the concept of academic freedom and institutional autonomy in higher education.
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.
Susanna Zellini
post-doc researcher
Susanna holds a doctorate in German philosophy and literature. Her postdoctoral research focuses on the historical mutations of the notion of “academic freedom” in the debate on the idea of education in Europe, and on its fundamental values.
Anne-Sophie De Clercq
Administrative coordinator
Anne-Sophie holds degrees in French and Romance languages, multilingual negotiation, phonetics, and translation. She makes sure the team can focus on what they do best taking in charge the administrative tasks related to the ERC project.
What’s next?
Here is what we are currently working on!
Papers
We are finishing a series of papers for a special Bildung issue of French journal Klesis.
Events
With the year ending, we are preparing next year’s events… More to come!
Miscellaneous
Our YouTube channel should be ready in a couple of weeks to host our seminars recordings.
