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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AM RHEIN. ZUR REGIONALEN GRUNDLAGE VON HUMBOLDTS WISSENSCHAFT, REISEN UND POLITIKVERSTÄNDNIS 1789-1848. (German)
In: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblatter, Jg. 85 (2021), S. 148-184
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Alexander von Humboldt's early encounters with the Rhineland had a formative influence on the development of his scientific thinking. They contributed to finding his mode of travelling and framed Humboldt's understanding of politics in the revolutionary epoch between 1789 and 1848. With the exception of the Orinoco in South America, Humboldt studied no other river landscape as intensely as that of the Rhine. This interest allowed him to refine his geological interests, publish his first book, and reference the Rhine region as a point of comparison in his research and published work, from his American journey to the magnum opus 'Kosmos'. Humboldt's cultural and political experiences at the Rhine illustrate, too, the epoch's tensions between a conservative, anti-revolutionary attitude and the growing dynamics of the liberal-minded, civic society. The latter began to embrace Prussia's efforts to forge a new German patriotism in the 1840s, as evident in the celebrations devoted to the completion of the Cologne Cathedral in 1842 and 1848, which Humboldt observed first-hand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AM RHEIN. ZUR REGIONALEN GRUNDLAGE VON HUMBOLDTS WISSENSCHAFT, REISEN UND POLITIKVERSTÄNDNIS 1789-1848. (German)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Daum, Von Andreas W. |
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Zeitschrift: | Rheinische Vierteljahrsblatter, Jg. 85 (2021), S. 148-184 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0035-4473 (print) |
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