TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Imaginaries of Entrepreneurship Education
T2 - The United States and Germany, 1800-2020
AU - Wadhwani, R. Daniel
AU - Viebig, Christoph
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - While conventional historical narratives of entrepreneurship education focus on its rise in business schools since the 1970s, this paper traces its roots to the early nineteenth century and chronicles its evolution within the field of higher education more broadly. Using a comparative-history design, we show how changing social imaginaries of entrepreneurship education in Germany and the United States were based on divergent and evolving justifications of entrepreneurial autonomy and its relationship to the common good. Our narrative explores how these social imaginaries shaped the moral and political legitimacy of entrepreneurship and the aims, practices, and organizational forms of entrepreneurship education. We draw out the implications of this deeper history for entrepreneurship education today, including: (a) its current social imaginary, (b) the character of entrepreneurial knowledge, and (c) its relationship to the modern university.
AB - While conventional historical narratives of entrepreneurship education focus on its rise in business schools since the 1970s, this paper traces its roots to the early nineteenth century and chronicles its evolution within the field of higher education more broadly. Using a comparative-history design, we show how changing social imaginaries of entrepreneurship education in Germany and the United States were based on divergent and evolving justifications of entrepreneurial autonomy and its relationship to the common good. Our narrative explores how these social imaginaries shaped the moral and political legitimacy of entrepreneurship and the aims, practices, and organizational forms of entrepreneurship education. We draw out the implications of this deeper history for entrepreneurship education today, including: (a) its current social imaginary, (b) the character of entrepreneurial knowledge, and (c) its relationship to the modern university.
KW - History of management education
KW - Entreprntreneurship education
KW - History of management education
KW - Entreprntreneurship education
U2 - 10.5465/amle.2020.0195
DO - 10.5465/amle.2020.0195
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1537-260X
VL - 20
SP - 342
EP - 360
JO - Academy of Management Learning and Education
JF - Academy of Management Learning and Education
IS - 3
ER -