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The science of culture in Enlightenment Germany / Michael C. Carhart.

Author/creator Carhart, Michael C.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 360 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Culture--Historiography.
Social evolution.
Language and culture.
Philosophy, German--18th century.
Social sciences--Germany --History.
Enlightenment--Germany.
Germany--Intellectual life --18th century.
Series Harvard historical studies ; 159
Harvard historical studies v. 159. ^A18680
Contents Introduction: Words and things -- Orientalism and reform -- Culture and the origin of language -- The search for the historical Plato -- The search for the historical Homer -- The search for the historical Moses -- The sociology of ancient history -- Three anthropologies -- A scientific revolution -- Conclusion: Enlightenment social science.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-351) and index.
LCCN 2007018767
ISBN9780674026179 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674026179 (alk. paper)

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