Examining Humboldt's Bildung Concept: Educational Implications through an Analytical Study

The main purpose of this study is an analytical study of Humboldt Bildung's idea and its educational implications. Today, Bildung is proposed as a fundamental concept in education that has special implications for the contemporary philosophy of education. This is because Bildung provides a philosophical framework for conceptualizing human growth and development, and relates this evolution to education in a normative way. One interpretation of the Bildung concept is Humboldt's interpretation. This study uses the method of conceptual interpretation, concept development, and philosophical analysis to explain the conditions for the realization of Bildung and its components from Humboldt's point of view. Then, by showing the relationship between these components, it clarifies the foundations and principles of education. The result of this study indicates that in Humboldt's thought, man does not achieve a goal from the beginning he needs becoming and this becoming depends on willful, purposeful, and endless action. Achieving Bildung in this process requires freedom, social interaction, variety of situations, comprehensive interaction with the world, as well as achieving a harmonious and homogeneous personality, which according to Humboldt is Bildung's goal and end. The anthropological foundations of Humboldt-Bildung's idea show that man is a dynamic being, not merely a body, but a unity of the truth of the soul with the body. Also, in Humboldt's thought, every human being is a unique being who achieves self-realization in the context of society and with social interaction, and finally, it is the richness of various conditions and situations that flourishes man's latent talents. Principles derived from the anthropological foundations of Humboldt-Bildung's idea include "human agency", "mutual influence of internal and external forces", "social interaction" and "the other" principles. Education as Bildung can promote a new concept and view of education in the history of education in this region.