The German historicist tradition / Frederick C. Beiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beiser, Frederick C., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historicism.

Philosophy, German--19th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 600 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first history in English of German historicism, the intellectual tradition which holds that history is the key to understanding all human values, beliefs and actions. Beiser surveys the key thinkers from the mid-18th to the early 20th century and illuminates the sources and reasons for this revolution in modern thought.

Contents:

The concept and context of historicism

Chladenius and the new science of history

Justus Möser and the roots of historicism

Herder's historicism, its genesis and development

Humboldt the Proteus

Savigny and the historical school of law

Ranke's romantic philosophy

The historics of Johann Gustav Droysen

Dilthey and the foundations of the human sciences

Wilhelm Windelband and the forces of history

Rickert and the philosophy of value

Emil Lask and the end of southwestern neo-Kantianism

Simmel's early historicism

Max Weber and the end of the historicist tradition.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version