Author : Jacob Burckhardt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136775749
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Judgements on History and Historians by : Jacob Burckhardt
Download or read book Judgements on History and Historians written by Jacob Burckhardt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Civilisation was in its pomp when Jacob Burckhardt delivered his Judgements on History and Historians; European Empires spanned the globe, while the modern age was being forged in the nationalist revolutions of 1848. As a tutor to the young Friedrich Nietzsche as well as one of the first historians to take 'culture' as his subject rather th