The Science of Culture in Enlightenment Germany

by Michael C. Carhart

In the late 1770s, as a wave of revolution and republican unrest swept across Europe, scholars looked with urgency on the progress of European civilization. The question of social development was addressed from Edinburgh to St. Petersburg, with German scholars, including C. G. Heyne, Christoph Meiners, and J. G. Eichhorn, at the center of the discussion.

Michael Carhart examines their approaches to understanding human development by investigating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674026179
• ISBN13: 9780674026179
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"