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The German Volkshochschule - An Experiment in Democratic Adult Education under the Weimar Republic
Cover
1
Titelei
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
6
Vorwort der Reihenherausgeberinnen
10
Vorbemerkung der Herausgeberin des Bandes
12
Einleitung der Herausgeberin
14
1) Eine Exilschrift und ihre Geschichte
14
2) Gesichtspunkte der Edition
18
3) Fritz Borinski: Homo politicus
21
4) Was das Buch bietet
26
5) Borinskis Text in fachgeschichtlicher Perspektive
28
6) Demokratische Regeneration nach Holocaust und Totalitarismus
40
Introduction by the Author
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Chapter I The German Volkshochschulbewegung – a Democratic and Spiritual Movement
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1) In 1918/19
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2) Bourgeois Society Restored
50
3) The Old and the New School
51
4) Stimuli from Abroad
57
5) Other Stimuli / Allied Movements
60
6) Founding Years
62
7) Boom and Crisis (1919 – 1923)
65
8) Stabilization
68
9) The Character of the Volkshochschulbewegung (Folk-High-School Movement)
70
Chapter II The Abendvolkshochschule (Evening Folk High-School)
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1) Evening Classes or Bildungsanstalten?
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2) The Organization of the Abendvolkshochschule
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3) The Social Background
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4) The Syllabus
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5) Social Sciences at the Abendvolkshochschule
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6) Arts at the Abendvolkshochschule
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7) Consideration of Special Interests
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8) Absence of Systematic Courses
85
9) School or Community Centre?
86
10) Gemeinschaft as Living Source and as Escape
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11) The Realistic Trend in the Development of the Abendvolkshochschule
90
Excursus: Academy of Labour (Akademie der Arbeit, Frankfurt a. M.)
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Chapter III Residential Colleges
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1) The Bauernvolkshochschulen
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2) The Heimvolkshochschulen (Residential Colleges for Town People)
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3) The Volkshochschulheime (Educational Town Hostels)
120
4) Some Achievements
126
5) The Camps for Young People
128
6) Conclusion
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Chapter IV Some Problems of the German Volkshochschule Movement
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A The Problem of “Neutrality”
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1) Freie Volksbildung
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2) “Neutrality” as Educational Philosophy
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3) “Neutrality” as Political Tactics
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4) The Essen System
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5) The School of Leipzig
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6) The Hohenrodt League
139
7) A Common Purpose?
140
B The Statutory Position of German Adult Education
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1) Problems Confronting Adult Educational Policy
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2) Public Assistance and Interference
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3) Finances
144
4) The Tutors
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C Social Effects and Background of Adult Education
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1) The Students
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2) Social Effect
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3) The Volkshochschüler as a New Type of Social Functionary
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4) The Social Position of the Volkshochschule Movement
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5) Related Educational Forces
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6) The Volkshochschule and the Masses (Formal and Informal Adult Education)
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D Why did the Volkshochschule Fail? (An Attempt to Assess Achievement and Failure)
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Chapter V The Fatal Slump
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1) Psychological Depression (The “Fifth Estate”)
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2) Vocational Retraining Courses for the Unemployed
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3) Voluntary Labour Service
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4) The Economic Slump
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5) Surrender or Dissolution
177
6) Spiritual Opposition – A Hope for the Future
179
Chapter VI Some Reflections on the Future of German Adult Education
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1) Adult Education in a Rebuilding Crisis
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2) The Place of Adult Education in Rebuilding Democracy
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3) The Purpose of Adult Education in Post-Nazi Germany
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4) Social Forces and the Future of Adult Education in Germany
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5) The Educational Approach
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6) A New Community of Values?
188
7) The Public and Autonomous Status of Democratic Adult Education
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8) Elitist or Mass Movement?
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9) Adult Education in a Working Democracy
193
10) The Good Fight
197
Prosopographischer Anhang
200
Literaturverzeichnis
254
Index
266
Rückumschlag
288
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