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The German conception of history : the national tradition of historical thought from Herder to the present / by Georg G. Iggers.
The first comprehensive critical examination in any language of the German national tradition of historiography.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780819573612
- ISBN: 0819573612
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 388 pages)
- Edition: Rev. ed., 1st Wesleyan pbk. ed.
- Publisher: Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press ; 1983.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-380) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter I: Introduction; II: The Origins of German Historicism: THE TRANSFORMATION OF GERMAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT FROM HERDER'S COSMOPOLITAN CULTURE-ORIENTED NATIONALISM TO THE STATE-CENTERED EXCLUSIVE NATIONALISM OF THE WARS OF LIBERATION; III: The Theoretical Foundations of German Historicism I: Wilhelm von Humboldt; IV: The Theoretical Foundations of German Historicism II: Leopold von Ranke; V: The High Point of Historical Optimism-The ""Prussian School"" VI: The ""Crisis of Historicism"" I: THE PHILOSOPHIC CRITIQUE: COHEN, DILTHEY, WINDELBAND, RICKERT, WEBERVII: The ""Crisis of Historicism"" II: ERNST TROELTSCH AND FRIEDRICH MEINECKE; VIII: The Decline of the German ""Idea"" of History: THE IMPACT OF TWO WORLD WARS AND TOTALITARIANISM ON GERMAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT; IX: Epilogue; Notes; Suggested Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Germany > Historiography. Allemagne > Historiographie. HISTORY > Europe > Germany. Historiography. Germany. Geschiedschrijving. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
