Adolf von Harnack, Werner Jaeger, and the Crisis of Weimar Culture

Greco-Christian Humanism at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity

Robert L. Powers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 280 Seiten

2024
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-163990-6 (ISBN)

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The theologian Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) and the philologist Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) bear witness to the rich, boundary-defying diversity of academic - and bourgeois - culture during the Weimar Republic. Separated in age by nearly half a century but united by common concern for pressing theological and societal problems and professional ties to the University of Berlin, Harnack and Jaeger both acted as representatives of theology and classical studies who sought to reassert the broad educational and political significance of their disciplines amid the cultural crisis occasioned by World War I and by the subsequent collapse of the Kaiserreich. Both moderates, Harnack and Jaeger set themselves the tasks of combatting political extremity and, most importantly, preparing their compatriots for proper self-government by deploying their unique brands of religious, philhellenic humanism.

Born 1997; 2015-19 study of modern European intellectual history and German language and literature at the University of Virginia's College at Wise; 2024 Ph.D. in history at Louisiana State University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	CMW
Verlagsort	Tübingen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 232 mm
Gewicht	564 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Schlagworte	Geistesgeschichte • Kulturprotestantismus • Leo Baeck • Liberales Judentum • Liberale Theologie • Liberal Theology • Vernunftrepublikaner
ISBN-10	3-16-163990-1 / 3161639901
ISBN-13	978-3-16-163990-6 / 9783161639906
Zustand	Neuware