Paul Natorp (1854–1924)

Launching Paul Natorp’s Sozialpädagogik in Japan in the early twentieth century

“…38 In the spirit of 'idealistic socialism', he stood for social and cultural democracy, including the democratisation of the system of education. 39 Natorp was the first to construct social pedagogy as a comprehensive programme, aiming to face the challenge of the so-called social question (Soziale Frage), i.e. poverty resulting from the rapid social change connected with early industrialisation and urbanisation.…”