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In this chapter, I seek to develop a more nuanced, deeper understanding of processes of transformative learning and of the associated idea of agentic selfhood; and to relate these, in turn, to the concept of Bildung.
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West, L. (2017). Love Actually. In: Laros, A., Fuhr, T., Taylor, E.W. (eds) Transformative Learning Meets Bildung. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9_18
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