Cambridge University Press, Date: 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/G. Dust jacket is gently worn and scuffed. 2000. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521650224 9780521650229 [US]

Hardback. New. Concentrating upon the meeting of German theologian W. M. L. de Wette and Swiss-German historian Jacob Burckhardt, this book demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns and forms of knowledge in the emergence of modern, secular historical consciousness. ISBN 0521650224 9780521650229 [GB]

ISBN10: 0521650224, ISBN13: 9780521650229, [publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr] Hardcover 250 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.10 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]

Cambridge Univ Pr 2000 Hardcover New 250 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.10 inches.

ISBN10: 0521650224, ISBN13: 9780521650229, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book offers an interpretation of the rise of secular historical thought in nineteenth-century Europe. Instead of characterizing 'historicism' and 'secularization' as fundamental breaks with Europe's religious heritage, they are presented as complex cultural permutations with much continuity; for inherited theological patterns of interpreting experience determined to a large degree the conditions, possibilities and limitations of the forms of historical imagination realizable by nineteenth-century secular intellectuals. This point is made by examining the thought of the German theologian W. M. L. de Wette and that of the Swiss-German historian Jacob Burckhardt. Burckhardt's meeting with de Wette and his subsequent decision to study history over theology are interpreted as revealing moments in nineteenth-century intellectual history. By examining their encounter, its larger historical context, and the thought of both men, the book demonstrates the centrality of theological concerns and forms of knowledge in the emergence of modern, secular historical consciousness.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1999]
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