Publisher Description

Theodor Mommsen, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902 for his "Roman History" is one of the outstanding German historians of all time. His scholarship is as impressive as it is seminal, and is appreciated even today: every path in Roman historical studies leads to him. However, Mommsen's importance is not limited to his work as an historian and organiser of historical research; as a convinced liberal, he also took an energetic part in political affairs of his time. The present volume contains lectures delivered by renowned scholars from Germany, Italy and Norway at the Free University of Berlin to mark the 100th anniversary of Mommsen's death on 1st November 2003. The authors pay tribute to the manifold aspects of Mommsen's personality and work - from his scholarly achievements to his political commitment and his private life and the verdict of posterity - and thus provide a vivid and multi-facetted picture of this great scholar and his age.

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Exklusives Verkaufsrecht für: Gesamte Welt.

Author Biography

Alexander Demandt, Andreas Goltz, Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin.

Table of Contents

A. Demandt: Theodor Mommsen – Zur Einführung; S. Rebenich: Theodor Mommsen, die deutschen Professoren und die Revolution von 1848; H. Schlange-Schöningen: Mommsen und die Hohenzollern; Ch. Hoffmann: Die Verteidigung der liberalen Nation. Mommsen gegen Treitschke im 'Berliner Antisemitismusstreit' 1879/1880; A. Demandt: Mommsen gegen Bismarck; Ch. Andree: Von 'beständiger Treue' und 'begrabenen Hoffnungen': Rudolf Virchow und Theodor Mommsen; R. vom Bruch: Mommsen und Harnack: Die Geburt von Big science aus den Geisteswissenschaften; A. Marcone: Die deutsch-italienischen Beziehungen im Spiegel der Biographie Mommsens; G. Mattenklott: Mommsens Prosa – Historiographie als Literatur; E. Flaig: Die verfehlte Nation. Warum Mommsens Rom nicht ans geschichtliche Ziel gelangte; E. Baltrusch: Mommsen und der Imperialismus; A. Goltz: Mommsens Germanenbild; W. Nippel: 'Rationeller Fortschritt' auf dem 'antiquarischen Bauplatz' – Mommsen als Architekt des 'Römischen Staatsrechts'; J. Deininger: Zweierlei Geschichte des Altertums: Theodor Mommsen und Max Weber; H. Kloft: Die Nachrufe auf Theodor Mommsen

Review

"M.s wissenschaftliches Lebenswerk und sein politisches Vermächtnis halten uns bis heute in Atem."
Ulrich Lambrecht in: Gymnasium 4/2009 "Insgesamt ist das vorgestellte Buch empfehlenswert, da es durchweg über gehaltvolle Beiträge verfügt, die zahlreiche Facetten der faszinierenden Persönlichkeit Mommsens hervortreten lassen und einen guten Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Mommsen-Forschung bieten."
Matthias Willing in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 09.10.2006 -berlin.de/rezensionen/2006-4-025

Long Description

Theodor Mommsen, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902 for his "Roman History" is one of the outstanding German historians of all time. His scholarship is as impressive as it is seminal, and is appreciated even today: every path in Roman historical studies leads to him. However, Mommsen's importance is not limited to his work as an historian and organiser of historical research; as a convinced liberal, he also took an energetic part in political affairs of his time. The present volume contains lectures delivered by renowned scholars from Germany, Italy and Norway at the Free University of Berlin to mark the 100thanniversary of Mommsen's death on 1st November 2003. The authors pay tribute to thevarious aspects of Mommsen's personality and work - from his scholarly achievements to his political commitment and his private life and the verdict of posterity - and thus provide a vivid and multi-facetted picture of this great scholar and his age.

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"M.s wissenschaftliches Lebenswerk und sein politisches Verm

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