Religion and the Rise of History: Martin Luther and the Cultural Revolution in Germany, 1760-1810

ISBN: 0227173279

Author: Smith, Leonard S.

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This is the first intellectual history to study the ideal-type of model-building methodology of Otto Hintze (1861-1940) to Western historical thought and to suggest that Martin Luther also held to a way that was deeply incarnational, dynamic, and/or 'in-with-and-under'. This dual vision and 'a Lutheran ethos' strongly influenced Leibniz, Hamann, and Herder, and was therefore a matter of considerable significance for the rise of a distinctly modern form of historical consciousness in Protestant Germany. Smith's essay suggests a new time period for the formative age of modern German thought, culture, and education: 'The Cultural Revolution in Germany'.Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; A Typology of Classical and Christian Historiography; Martin Luther and the Foundations of a Lutheran Ethos; Two Forerunners of the Cultural Revolution in Germany and Modern Historical Thought: Leibniz and Chladenius; The Cultural Revolution in Germany and the Rise of a New Historical Consciousness, 1760-1810; From a Holy Hieroglyph to a Wissenschaft Alone: History as a Calling and a Profession from Ranke to Hintze; Conclusion; Bibliography; Name Index.