تأملات في التاريخ العالمي (Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen)

مقدمة

The “Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen” are lectures “on the study of history” that Burckhardt gave in Basel between 1868 and 1873; his nephew Jacob Oeri edited them and published them in 1905. Burckhardt rejects any philosophy of history that claims to know the plan of world history and studies instead the relations between three “powers” – the state, religion and culture – the historical crises in which they shift, and the role of “greatness” in history. The lectures express a deep scepticism towards power and modern mass society. Read widely in the twentieth century, especially after 1945, they became a classic of historical reflection.

مزيد من أعمال ياكوب بوركهارت

• 1860حضارة عصر النهضة في إيطاليا (Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien)