Inhaltsangabe
<p>As a rule, an author’s correspondence possesses only a secondary interest, but Jacob Burckhardt’s letters are of primary interest to students of history because of the nature of the man and of his major writings. <em>Judgments on History and Historians,</em> for example, consists not of Burckhardt’s own lectures, but of notes on his lectures by one of his greatest students. It is because Burckhardt was a remarkably private man who believed that contemplation was the key to insight into the nature of man and history, and because his approach to the study of history was reflective rather than systematic or dogmatic, that his letters possess a singular significance. For it is in his letters that Burckhardt provides additional and even personal observations on his learned explorations of antiquity, the Renaissance, and modern Europe, and it is in his letters that Burckhardt muses on the consequences that he believed—and feared—awaited a Europe that had given itself almost wholly to a rationalistic and materialistic understanding of history and destiny.</p> <p><strong>Jacob Burckhardt</strong> (1818–1897) has been called “the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century,” and he was certainly one of the greatest historians of art and culture of his time. A professor at the University of Basel, Burckhardt was especially knowledgeable about the Renaissance, and his best-known work is <em>The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy</em>.</p>
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor
Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) has been called 'the most civilised historian of the nineteenth century', and he was certainly one of the greatest historians of art and culture of his time. A Professor at the University of Basel, Burckhardt was especially knowledgeable about the Renaissance.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels
Suchergebnisse für Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Foto des Verkäufers
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5591109-n
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
LETTERS OF JACOB BURCKHARDT, THE Format: Hardcover
Anbieter: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780865971226
Neu kaufen
EUR 21,75
Versand:
Gratis
Innerhalb der USA
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
Foto des Verkäufers
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5591109
Gebraucht kaufen
EUR 19,59
Versand:
EUR 2,27
Innerhalb der USA
Anzahl: 15 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
LETTERS OF JACOB BURCKHARDT, THE Format: Hardcover
Anbieter: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Zustand: As New. Unread copy in mint condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers PG9780865971226
Gebraucht kaufen
EUR 21,94
Versand:
Gratis
Innerhalb der USA
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
The Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Verlag:
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0865971226
ISBN 13: 9780865971226
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: Books on the Web, Winnipeg, MB, Kanada
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hard bound, first thus, lx + Pp267. Includes biographical nots and index. Tight and unmarked - a near fine copy but without the dust jacket. 630 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 30471
Gebraucht kaufen
EUR 10,62
Versand:
EUR 12,89
Von Kanada nach USA
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
The Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Anbieter: David's Books, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 2 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1000143062
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
LETTERS OF JACOB BURCKHARDT, THE
Verlag:
Liberty Fund Inc. October 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0865971226
ISBN 13: 9780865971226
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 4 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Support Small Business by buying this book! No dust jacket. Cover is clean with minor wear. Previous owner's name and green mark on the front inside cover. No writing or marks observed in the text. Binding is tight and square. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 43149
Foto des Verkäufers
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Anbieter: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hardback. Zustand: New. Burckhardt was the most renowned of the historians of the nineteenth century to predict, with astonishing accuracy, the totalitarian direction that history could take -- and which history in fact did take in the twentieth century. It was in his letters, rather than in his lectures or longer works, that Burckhardt most directly addressed the currents of intellectual thought and social and political order -- or disorder -- of Europe in the nineteenth century. It was in his letters, for instance, that he warned that these currents portended the rise of a new kind of demagogue unique to the modern era. Such demagogues would, Burckhardt feared, respond to the complexities and confusions of modern life by becoming 'terrible simplifiers', marshalling masses of people into totalitarian regimes for simple solutions to complex challenges that would wreak havoc upon numerous countries and millions of lives. Not only are the letters addressed to some of the most important thinkers of the time (Nietzsche, Burckhardt's younger colleague at the University of Basel, among them), but also they address the most pressing issues and the most important personages of the era. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780865971226
Neu kaufen
EUR 27,98
Versand:
Gratis
Innerhalb der USA
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
Foto des Verkäufers
Letters of Jacob Burckhardt
Anbieter: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hardback. Zustand: New. Burckhardt was the most renowned of the historians of the nineteenth century to predict, with astonishing accuracy, the totalitarian direction that history could take -- and which history in fact did take in the twentieth century. It was in his letters, rather than in his lectures or longer works, that Burckhardt most directly addressed the currents of intellectual thought and social and political order -- or disorder -- of Europe in the nineteenth century. It was in his letters, for instance, that he warned that these currents portended the rise of a new kind of demagogue unique to the modern era. Such demagogues would, Burckhardt feared, respond to the complexities and confusions of modern life by becoming 'terrible simplifiers', marshalling masses of people into totalitarian regimes for simple solutions to complex challenges that would wreak havoc upon numerous countries and millions of lives. Not only are the letters addressed to some of the most important thinkers of the time (Nietzsche, Burckhardt's younger colleague at the University of Basel, among them), but also they address the most pressing issues and the most important personages of the era. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780865971226
Neu kaufen
EUR 28,90
Versand:
Gratis
Von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USA
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
The Letters of Jacob Burckhardt Burckhardt, Jacob and Dru, Alexander
Verlag:
Liberty Fund, 2001
ISBN 10: 0865971226
ISBN 13: 9780865971226
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Storm Mountain Books, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 2 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible; Good. First Edition. 1955 Routledge Hardback in Dustjacket. Slight dj wear, pages lightly toned, else very good overall condition. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (B). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0217W944945