Adolf von Harnack, Werner Jaeger, and the Crisis of Weimar Culture
Greco-Christian Humanism at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity
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Altersmäßig getrennt, aber geeint durch die Sorge um drängende gesellschaftspolitische Probleme, traten Adolf von Harnack und Werner Jaeger als führende Vertreter der Theologie und Philologie auf, die inmitten der Kulturkrisen des Ersten Weltkriegs die umfassende Bedeutung des griechisch-christlichen Humanismus und der politischen Mäßigung wiederherzustellen suchten.
The theologian Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) and the philologist Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) bear witness to the rich, boundary-defying diversity of academic - and bourgeois - culture during the Weimar Republic. Separated in age by nearly half a century but united by common concern for pressing theological and societal problems and professional ties to the University of Berlin, Harnack and Jaeger both acted as representatives of theology and classical studies who sought to reassert the broad educational and political significance of their disciplines amid the cultural crisis occasioned by World War I and by the subsequent collapse of the Kaiserreich. Both moderates, Harnack and Jaeger set themselves the tasks of combatting political extremity and, most importantly, preparing their compatriots for proper self-government by deploying their unique brands of religious, philhellenic humanism.
The theologian Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) and the philologist Werner Jaeger (1888-1961) bear witness to the rich, boundary-defying diversity of academic - and bourgeois - culture during the Weimar Republic. Separated in age by nearly half a century but united by common concern for pressing theological and societal problems and professional ties to the University of Berlin, Harnack and Jaeger both acted as representatives of theology and classical studies who sought to reassert the broad educational and political significance of their disciplines amid the cultural crisis occasioned by World War I and by the subsequent collapse of the Kaiserreich. Both moderates, Harnack and Jaeger set themselves the tasks of combatting political extremity and, most importantly, preparing their compatriots for proper self-government by deploying their unique brands of religious, philhellenic humanism.
Born 1997; 2015-19 study of modern European intellectual history and German language and literature at the University of Virginia's College at Wise; 2024 Ph.D. in history at Louisiana State University.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Christentum in der modernen Welt / Christianity in the Modern World |
| Verlagsort | Tübingen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 564 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Schlagworte | Geistesgeschichte • Kulturprotestantismus • Leo Baeck • Liberales Judentum • Liberale Theologie • Liberal Theology • Vernunftrepublikaner |
| ISBN-10 | 3-16-163990-1 / 3161639901 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-16-163990-6 / 9783161639906 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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