Eduard Meyer

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William William Musgrave Calder, Alexander Demandt
BRILL, 1990 - 537 pages
Eduard Meyer (1855-1930) was among the most important historians of his age. After Mommsen he is the best known German ancient historian. From 1902 he taught ancient history in Berlin and from 1919/20 he was vice-chancellor. His most important work "Geschichte des Altertums" includes the ancient oriental cultures, contains a sociological- anthropological methodology and considers all humane studies, especially religious history. This collection treats aspects of Meyer's biography - including his journey to America, his relations with his contemporaries (M. Weber, O. Spengler, U.von Wilamowitz), his university politics, his role in the First World War, his positions on Christianity and Judaism, history of philosophy, and particular research results and their effect.
 

Contents

Credo gegen Credo Arbeit gegen Arbeit Anschauung gegen
41
Eduard Meyer tra Cratippo e Teopompo
74
Eduard Meyer und Max Weber
132
Eduard Meyer und Oswald Spengler Lässt sich Geschichte voraus
159
Greek Philosophy in the Geschichte des Altertums
255
Eduard Meyers Geschichtstheorie Entwicklung und zeitgenös
285
Prolegomena zu Eduard Meyers Anthropologie
311
Persien die Achämeniden und
329
Eduard Meyers Ursprung und Anfänge des Christentums Ver
344
Religion als Gegenbild Zu einigen geschichtstheoretischen Aspek
368
Die BücherMeyer Kontroverse
417
Der kühnste Entschluss führt am sichersten zum Ziel Eduard
446
Politik und Geschichte Der Althistoriker Eduard Meyer im Ersten
484
Eduard Meyer und die Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissen
505
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William M. Calder III is Professor of the Department of Classics, University of Illinois, USA. Alexander Demandt is Professor of Ancient History at the Freie Universitat, Berlin.