Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226305004)

This remarkable history tells the story of the independent city-republic of Basel in the nineteenth century, and of four major thinkers who shaped its intellectual history: the historian Jacob Burckhardt, the philologist and anthropologist Johann Jacob Bachofen, the theologian Franz Overbeck, and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

"Remarkable and exceptionally readable . . . There is wit, wisdom and an immense erudition on every page."--Jonathan Steinberg, Times Literary Supplement

"Gossman's book, a product of many years of active contemplation, is a tour de force. It is at once an intellectual history, a cultural history of Basel and Europe, and an important contribution to the study of nineteenth-century historiography. Written with a grace and elegance that many aspire to, few seldom achieve, this is model scholarship."--John R. Hinde, American Historical Review

Author: Lionel Gossman
ISBN-10: 0226305007
ISBN-13: 9780226305004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2002
Pages: 622
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.06w x 1.35d