This study of the obsession of the German educated elite with the ancient Greeks approaches it not as a private passion but as an institutionally generated and preserved cultural phenomenon. Intellectual and institutional aspects of archaeology and philhellenism are discussed.
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This book should be read by everyone who has the least interest in how German Philhellenism grew from the late eighteenth century cultured bourgeois (Bildungsbuergertum) neohumanism into an unparalleled obsession for Hellas. Marchand writes beautifully, intelligently, and insightfully. Every page is worth reading over and over. I had to read it slowly because Marchand writes so wonderfully that every detail comes alive in her presentation. I thought I might miss something. She truly loves her subject matter and imparts that joy to her readers. I cannot recommend this work highly enough.
Starting with an overview of the idea of Philhellinism as embodied in neohumanism and the poetry of Schiller, she demonstrates how philology and archeology were developed in the same cradle of idealism. She traces the history of this development by drawing on peculiarly German cultural moments that English readers rarely comprehend because of language barriers. This is not just a study for students of German history. Marchand has made a particular aspect of German history and culture accsesible to those who cannot read German. This book is great for students of cultural history, philosophy, sculpture, archeology, and philology (to name but a few who may benefit from her work). I recommend this book together with George S. Williamson's newly released The Longing for Myth in Germany which seems to fold nicely together and develop along similar lines. This book should be on every scholar's bookshelf, no question about it!
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ABOVE ALL, the Germans admired the Greeks because the Greeks admired, cultivated, and exemplified the beautiful. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prehistorical work, archaeological diplomacy, big archaeology, classicist establishment, institutionalized philhellenism, museum bureaucrats, third humanism, pénétration pacifique, big scholarship, positivist historicism, central directorate, specialized scholarship, civil cabinet, excavation permit, spiritual unification, school reform movement, classical archaeologists, antiquities law, secret accord, education ministry, museum administration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Foreign Ministry, Royal Museums, Asia Minor, Nachlaß Wiegand, Ernst Curtius, New York, Eduard Meyer, Werner Jaeger, Theodor Wiegand, Finance Ministry, Nachlaß Rodenwaldt, Ottoman Empire, Ludwig Curtius, Richard Lepsius, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm, University of Berlin, Theodor Mommsen, Heinrich Schliemann, Alexander Conze, Arnaldo Momigliano, Eduard Gerhard, German Kultur, Richard Schöne, Wilhelm Dörpfeld New!
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ABOVE ALL, the Germans admired the Greeks because the Greeks admired, cultivated, and exemplified the beautiful. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prehistorical work, archaeological diplomacy, big archaeology, classicist establishment, institutionalized philhellenism, museum bureaucrats, third humanism, pénétration pacifique, big scholarship, positivist historicism, central directorate, specialized scholarship, civil cabinet, excavation permit, spiritual unification, school reform movement, classical archaeologists, antiquities law, secret accord, education ministry, museum administration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Foreign Ministry, Royal Museums, Asia Minor, Nachlaß Wiegand, Ernst Curtius, New York, Eduard Meyer, Werner Jaeger, Theodor Wiegand, Finance Ministry, Nachlaß Rodenwaldt, Ottoman Empire, Ludwig Curtius, Richard Lepsius, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm, University of Berlin, Theodor Mommsen, Heinrich Schliemann, Alexander Conze, Arnaldo Momigliano, Eduard Gerhard, German Kultur, Richard Schöne, Wilhelm Dörpfeld New!
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- The Birth of Tragedy (Dover Thrift Editions) by Friedrich Nietzsche on 8 pages
- History of Classical Scholarship by John Edwin Sandys on 4 pages
- Antiquity of Iraq (Ancient Mesopotamian Texts and Studies) by Svend A. Pallis on 4 pages
- Early Greek Travellers and the Hellenic Ideal by David Constantine on page 18, page 52, and Back Matter
- The Sociology of Education: Education & Society in Modern Germany (International Library of Sociology) by Samuel R. H. and Thomas R. Hinton on page 135, page 341, and Back Matter
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