Christoph Wulf is Professor of Anthropology and Education at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

• Introduction. Part 1: Perfection of the imperfectable. 1. The dream of education. 2. The pedagogical discourse of modernity. 3. The perfection of the individual . 4. Anthropological foundations of education Part 2: Forms of anthropological knowledge. 5. Repetition as part of the human condition. 6. The productive power of imagination. 7. The digitalization of the living world. 8. Silent knowledge: iconicity, performativity, and materiality Part 3: Education in the globalized world. 9. Being a "good human": education in Confucianism. 10. Spirituality and violence reduction: Indian perspectives. 11. Anthropocene: The Age of Humans. 12. Peace, cultural diversity, and sustainability as tasks of global education.

Christoph Wulf is Professor of Anthropology and Education at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

• Introduction. Part 1: Perfection of the imperfectable. 1. The dream of education. 2. The pedagogical discourse of modernity. 3. The perfection of the individual . 4. Anthropological foundations of education Part 2: Forms of anthropological knowledge. 5. Repetition as part of the human condition. 6. The productive power of imagination. 7. The digitalization of the living world. 8. Silent knowledge: iconicity, performativity, and materiality Part 3: Education in the globalized world. 9. Being a "good human": education in Confucianism. 10. Spirituality and violence reduction: Indian perspectives. 11. Anthropocene: The Age of Humans. 12. Peace, cultural diversity, and sustainability as tasks of global education.

Christoph Wulf is Professor of Anthropology and Education at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

• Introduction. Part 1: Perfection of the imperfectable. 1. The dream of education. 2. The pedagogical discourse of modernity. 3. The perfection of the individual . 4. Anthropological foundations of education Part 2: Forms of anthropological knowledge. 5. Repetition as part of the human condition. 6. The productive power of imagination. 7. The digitalization of the living world. 8. Silent knowledge: iconicity, performativity, and materiality Part 3: Education in the globalized world. 9. Being a "good human": education in Confucianism. 10. Spirituality and violence reduction: Indian perspectives. 11. Anthropocene: The Age of Humans. 12. Peace, cultural diversity, and sustainability as tasks of global education.