Bildung refers to the German tradition of self-cultivation, wherein philosophy and education are linked in a manner that refers to a process of both personal and cultural maturation. This maturation is described as a harmonization of the individual’s mind and heart and in a unification of selfhood and identity within the broader society, as evidenced with the literary tradition of bildungsroman.
In this sense, the process of harmonization of mind, heart, selfhood and identity is achieved through personal transformation, which presents a challenge to the individual’s accepted beliefs. In Hegel’s writings, the challenge of personal growth often involves an agonizing alienation from one’s “natural consciousness” that leads to a reunification and development of the self. Similarly, although social unity requires well-formed institutions, it also requires a diversity of individuals with the freedom to develop a wide-variety of talents and abilities and this requires personal agency. However, rather than an end state, both individual and social unification is a process that is driven by unrelenting negations.
Deutschland und Australien wollen enger zusammenarbeiten
Berlin – Deutschland und Australien wollen künftig enger zusammenarbeiten. Bundesaußenminister Guido Westerwelle und sein australischer Amtskollege Bob Carr unterzeichneten am Montag eine sogenannte „Berlin-Canberra-Absichtserklärung über eine strategische Partnerschaft“. Die Erklärung sieht eine engere Kooperation in der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, in Wirtschaft und Handel, bei Energie und Ressourcen, bei der Bekämpfung des Klimawandels, in der Entwicklungshilfe sowie in Wissenschaft, Bildung und …
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