History : politics or culture? : reflections on Ranke and Burckhardt /

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Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), generally recognized as the founder of the school of modern critical historical scholarship, and Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), the great Swiss proponent of cultural interpretation, are fathers of modern history--giants of their time who continue to exert an immense inf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Ranke, Leopold von, > 1795-1886.
Burckhardt, Jacob, > 1818-1897.
Burckhardt, Jacob, > 1818-1897
Ranke, Leopold von, > 1795-1886
History > Philosophy.
Histoire > Philosophie.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
HISTORY > General.
History > Philosophy
Geschiedfilosofie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The impact of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic Age on historical thought
  • Ranke's view of the task of historical scholarship
  • Ranke and the meaning of history
  • Burckhardt's concept of cultural history
  • Burckhardt and the cultural history of his time
  • Ranke and Burckhardt: The common bond.

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