Hermann Baumgarten
Hermann Baumgarten | |
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Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire | |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Notable work | A Self-Criticism of German Liberalism (1866) |
| Spouse | Ida Baumgarten[1] |
Hermann Baumgarten (
Life and career
Hermann Baumgarten was born in
As a champion of Prussian/German liberalism, Baumgarten faced the dilemma as to whether or not to accept the military and political successes of Prussia's conservative Prime Minister, Otto von Bismarck. In 1866, Baumgarten published his support of Bismarck's policies in an essay entitled A Self-Criticism of German Liberalism. This work essentially ended radical German liberalism as a force, whereupon many Prussians joined the Bismarck-supporting National Liberal Party), and allowed the new German empire to nationalize and solidify.[2][3]
In 1872, Baumgarten became Professor of History at the
Works
- Der deutsche Liberalismus: Eine Selbstkritik ("A Self-Criticism of German Liberalism") (Berlin, 1866)
- Notes on Treitschke's "German History", 2nd Vol. (Anmerkungen zu Treitschkes „Deutsche Geschichte“, 2. Band., Strasbourg, 1883)
References
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- ^ ISBN 0-395-90431-5. Archived from the originalon Mar 25, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- ^ a b c "German Liberalism Recast: Hermann Baumgarten's Self-Criticism". German History in Documents. October 1866. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "Hermann Baumgarten" (in English). Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "Max Weber" (in English). Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
- ^ Stark, Wolfgang Heinrich (1973). Hermann Baumgarten, 1825-1893. Erlangen-Nürnberg. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
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