Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas

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2002
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This work tells the story of 19th century Basel, this seemingly anachronistic hybrid of commercialism and classical republicanism, and of four thinkers who retreated there: Jacob Burckhardt, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Franz Overbeck and Nietzsche. It gives an analytical biography of these figures.

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This work tells the story of 19th century Basel, this seemingly anachronistic hybrid of commercialism and classical republicanism, and of four thinkers who retreated there: Jacob Burckhardt, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Franz Overbeck and Nietzsche. It gives an analytical biography of these figures.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 622
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 09 Sep 2002
ISBN 10: 0226305007
ISBN 13: 9780226305004