Berufung means vocation or calling — and the same word is used for the formal appointment of a professor to a chair. The word treats the taking up of a field as something one is called to rather than something one selects.
Berufung means vocation or calling — and the same word is used for the formal appointment of a professor to a chair. The word treats the taking up of a field as something one is called to rather than something one selects.