The German Conception of History: The National Tradition of Historical Thought from Herder to the Present

Contents

Contents Preface to the Revised Edition ix Preface to the First Edition xiii Chapter I Introduction 3 II The Originsof German Historicism: THE TRANSFORMATION OF GERMAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT FROM HERDER'S COSMOPOLITAN CULTURE-ORIENTED NATIONALISM TO THE STATE-CENTERED EXCLUSIVE NATIONALISM OF THE WARS OF LIBERATION 29 III The Theoretical Foundations of German Historicism I: Wilhelm von Humboldt 44 IV The Theoretical Foundations of German Historicism II: Leopold von Ranke 63 V The High Point of HistoricalOptimism— The "Prussian School" 90 VI The "Crisis of Historicism" I: THE PHILOSOPHIC CRITIQUE: COHEN, DILTHEY, WINDELBAND, RICKERT, WEBER 124 VII The "Crisis of Historicism" II: ERNST TROELTSCH AND FRIEDRICH MEINECKE 174 VIII The Decline of the German "Idea" of History: THE IMPACT OF TWO WORLD WARS AND TOTALITARIANISM ON GERMAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT 229 IX Epilogue 269 Notes 295 Suggested Readings 371 Index 381 3 29 229 124 174 This page intentionally left blank ...