{"product_id":"down-from-olympus-archaeology-and-philhellenism-in-germany-17501970-9780691114781","title":"Down from Olympus  Archaeology and Philhellenism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgues that nineteenth-century philhellenes inherited both an elitist, normative aesthetics and an ascetic, scholarly ethos from their Romantic predecessors; German \"neohumanists\" promised to reconcile these intellectual commitments, and by so doing, to revitalize education and the arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997 \"Impressive... Marchand's work will fascinate historians, philosophers, literary theorists, and ... Humanists... It provides ... the definitive study of the historical decline of German 'institutional philhellenism.'\"--Josef Chytry, American Historical Review \"A rich and welcome contribution to German cultural history... A must-read for anyone interested in ... the history of philhellenism and archaeology in Germany.\"--Spencer Moore, American Anthropologist \"An enormously rich and stimulating book... It is a masterly study of an important chapter of the classical Greek bearings on the modern world.\"--Craige Champion, Classical World \"Superb... A sobering book, one marked by its scholarly care and narrative brilliance.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi  LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv  INTRODUCTION Xvii  ONE The Making of a Cultural Obsession 3  TWO From Ideals to Institutions 36  THREE The Vicissitudes of Grand-Scale Archaeology 75  FOUR Trouble in Olympus 116  FIVE Excavating the Barbarian 152  SIX The Peculiarities of German Orientalism 188  SEVEN Kultur and the World War 228  EIGHT The Persistence of the Old Regime 263  NINE The Third Humanism and the Return of Romantic Aesthetics 302  TEN The Decline of Philhellenism, 1933-1970 341  SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 377  INDEX 391","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403728822615,"sku":"9780691114781","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691114781.jpg?v=1730484373","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/down-from-olympus-archaeology-and-philhellenism-in-germany-17501970-9780691114781","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}