Produktinformationen "Humanismus und Antikerezeption im 18. Jahrhundert / Humanism and Revolution"
The concept of revolution is of crucial importance for the self-perception of modernity. For the American and French Revolutions, grounded in the declaration of human rights, references to classical antiquity play a central role: the appeal to antiquity allows for the revolutionary break from tradition. On both sides of the Atlantic, classical antiquity provides ideals of humanity that both celebrate and criticize the achievements of modernity. This volume examines the relationship between humanism and revolution from both European and American perspectives: central themes are the foundations of humanism, the relationships among politics, law, and art, but also the Scientific Revolution and the geography of revolution as it comes to the fore in the circulation of ideas between Europe and the "New World". How modern, in other words, is the humanism of the eighteenth century.
| ISBN: | 9783825357221 |
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| Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 275 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Emden, Christian J. Steiner, Uwe Vöhler, Martin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.06.2015 |
| Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg |
| Untertitel: | Eighteenth-Century Europe and Its Transatlantic Legacy |
| Schlagworte: | Amerikanische Revolution Antikerezeption Arendt, Hannah Büchner, Georg Epistemologie Europäische Geschichte Fortschrittsidee Französische Revolution Humanismus Humboldt, Alexander von Kant, Immanuel Kosmopolitanismus Levinas, Emmanuel Menschenrechte Naturrecht Revolution Revolution des Wissens Römisches Recht Schlegel, Friedrich Zivilgesellschaft |