Classical Humanism And The Challenge Of Modernity
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Classical Humanism and the Challenge of Modernity
Author | : Bas van Bommel |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2015-03-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9783110365931 |
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In scholarship, classical (Renaissance) humanism is usually strictly distinguished from 'neo-humanism', which, especially in Germany, flourished at the beginning of the 19th century. While most classical humanists focused on the practical imitation of Latin stylistic models, 'neohumanism' is commonly believed to have been mainly inspired by typically modern values, such as authenticity and historicity. Bas van Bommel shows that whereas 'neohumanism' was mainly adhered to at the German universities, at the Gymnasien a much more traditional educational ideal prevailed, which is best described as 'classical humanism.' This ideal involved the prioritisation of the Romans above the Greeks, as well as the belief that imitation of Roman and Greek models brings about man's aesthetic and moral elevation. Van Bommel makes clear that 19th century classical humanism dynamically related to modern society. On the one hand, classical humanists explained the value of classical education in typically modern terms. On the other hand, competitors of the classical Gymnasium laid claim to values that were ultimately derived from classical humanism. 19th century classical humanism should therefore not be seen as a dried-out remnant of a dying past, but as the continuation of a living tradition.
Empire of Eloquence
Author | : Stuart M. McManus |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2021-04-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108830164 |
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This exploration of the culture of public speaking in the Iberian world places the renaissance revival of letters within a global context.
Doing Humanities in Nineteenth Century Germany
Author | : Efraim Podoksik |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2019-12-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789004416840 |
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Doing Humanities in Nineteenth-Century Germany, edited by Efraim Podoksik, examines the ways in which the humanities were practised by German thinkers and scholars in the long nineteenth century and the relevance of those practices for the humanities today.
Histories of Conservation and Art History in Modern Europe
Author | : Sven Dupré,Jenny Boulboullé |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2022-03-14 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781000553345 |
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This book traces the development of scientific conservation and technical art history. It takes as its starting point the final years of the nineteenth century, which saw the establishment of the first museum laboratory in Berlin, and ground-breaking international conferences on art history and conservation held in pre-World War I Germany. It follows the history of conservation and art history until the 1940s when, from the ruins of World War II, new institutions such as the Istituto Centrale del Restauro emerged, which would shape the post-war art and conservation world. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, conservation history, historiography, and history of science and humanities.
The Search for Truth
Author | : Maxwell Bennett |
Publsiher | : Sydney University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2022-05-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781742105215 |
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Universities have searched for truth over nearly a millennium. Maxwell Bennett recounts the history of this search during three of its most momentous periods in the 13th, 18th and 20th centuries, which helped fashion the idea of a university. He concludes with a cautionary assessment of whether universities, given their present level of material support, can reliably continue to protect and advance society.
Civilization and the Culture of Science
Author | : Stephen Gaukroger |
Publsiher | : Science and the Shaping of Mod |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780198849070 |
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How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did our ways of thinking, and our moral, political, and social values, come to be modelled around scientific values? Stephen Gaukroger traces the story of how these values developed, and how they influenced society and culture from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
Early Modern Humanism and Postmodern Antihumanism in Dialogue
Author | : Jan Miernowski |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2016-10-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9783319322766 |
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This book employs perspectives from continental philosophy, intellectual history, and literary and cultural studies to breach the divide between early modernist and modernist thinkers. It turns to early modern humanism in order to challenge late 20th-century thought and present-day posthumanism. This book addresses contemporary concerns such as the moral responsibility of the artist, the place of religious beliefs in our secular societies, legal rights extended to nonhuman species, the sense of ‘normality’ applied to the human body, the politics of migration, individual political freedom and international terrorism. It demonstrates how early modern humanism can bring new perspectives to postmodern antihumanism and even invite us to envision a humanism of the future.
Languages Scripts and Chinese Texts in East Asia
Author | : Peter Francis Kornicki |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY |
ISBN | : 9780198797821 |
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This is a wide-ranging study of vernacularization in East Asia, examining Chinese script of the early common era, the spread of Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and medical texts throughout East Asia, all the way to the end of the nineteenth century when nationalism created new roles for vernacular languages and vernacular scripts.