Feeling at home
Bildung and the clash between nostalgic and universal values: singing together in a plural world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Merete Wiberg (0000-0001-7218-3377, Aarhus University , Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, 8000 Aarhus C, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 606-620 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jopedu/qhae068 |
| OpenAlex | W4403012241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
The article explores the tensions of belonging by focusing on the clash between nostalgic and universal values. Because of the inherent tension that they share, the concepts of Bildung and nostalgia provide an opening for understanding human belonging as ranging between nostalgic rootedness and the search for universality. Johann Gottfried Herder’s and Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig’s theories of Bildung, exemplify this clash between nostalgic and universal values. Wilhelm von Humboldt’s thinking offers a theory of Bildung that transcends nostalgic values and points to the world as a place of belonging. In this article I problematize feelings of nostalgia, such as a sense of national belonging, by demonstrating how they might turn into educational values that exclude individuals who do not share the same idea of home and sense of belonging. I employ Agnes Heller’s term ‘value- orientational categories’ to understand how feelings might transform into values. I question and discuss nostalgia’s potential to uphold diversity, given human longing for local versions of home with different languages, cultures, and customs. I then suggest that embracing nostalgia in an educational context can provide a foundation for fostering universal values such as diversity, openness, and flexibility among citizens. Barbara Cassin’s vision of the ‘world freed from belonging’ and her idea of ‘airborne roots’ contribute to this discussion
Aesthetics · Apprehension · Bildung · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Feeling · Openness to experience · Singing · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Children's Rights and Participation · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Psychology · History · Philosophy · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |