| Titre | De polyhistor en philologue. | |
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| Auteur | Anthony Grafton | |
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Revue | Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales |
| Numéro | no 135, décembre 2000 Inconscients d'école | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Inconscients d'école |
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| Résumé anglais | From Polyhistor to Philolog While it is well known that classical philology was central to XIX century German culture, information on the activities, the practices (in particular pedagogic practices), the methods and the social experiences which it involved is generally lacking. Drawing from many examples, this article analyses the education, the kind of intellectual relations and the social functions of the knowledge and savoir-faire associated with philology. Anthony Grafton discusses the limits of the rupture between professional philology and what preceded it, as well as the difficulties (and in particular on the part of students) which specialists encountered because of the type of training they provided, centered on academic erudition rather than Bildung (though ironically enough, this type of global human education happened to be theorized by Humboldt). The methods which philologists used and the knowledge which they elaborated were often at variance with the social role they wished to play. | |
| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/arss_0335-5322_2000_num_135_1_2698 |
