Johann Gustav Droysen
German historian who idealized power and coined 'Hellenistic'
Droysen also served as a member of the revolutionary Frankfurt parliament in 1848.[1] He is recognized for coining the term "Hellenistic" to denote the era following Alexander's conquests.[2]
Quick Facts
- Region
- Western philosophy
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Born
- 6 July 1808
- Birthplace
- Treptow, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poland)
- Died
- 19 June 1884
- Place of death
- Berlin, Brandenburg, German Empire
- Education
- University of Berlin (PhD, 1831)
- Institutions
- University of Berlin
- University of Kiel
- University of Jena
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
As a child, Droysen witnessed military operations during the War of Liberation near Stettin.[3] He published a translation of Aeschylus in 1832 and a history of Alexander the Great in 1833.[4] In 1848 he was elected to the Frankfurt parliament and supported Prussian ascendancy for German unification.[1] In 1829, he took a position as a master at the Graues Kloster school in Berlin and also began lecturing at the University of Berlin, first as a Privatdozent in 1833 and then as an unsalaried professor in 1835.[3]
The University of Kiel appointed Droysen a professor of history in 1840.[1] After leaving the Frankfurt Parliament in 1849, he co-authored with Carl Samwer a 1850 work on Denmark's policies toward Schleswig and Holstein.[5] He held a professorship at Jena starting in 1851, then moved to a position at Berlin in 1859, where he stayed until his death.[6]
What the cited sources add
In that same speech, he declared that "the German question is not a constitutional question, but a question of power"[7] He argued that Austria's conflict with Prussia was no more culpable than Prussia's with Austria, and that the task was German national unity under Prussian leadership.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Johann Gustav Droysen" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Johann Gustav Droysen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chaniotis, "Greek History: Hellenistic. Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide", Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 8; ; Nippel, p.; "Johann Gustav Droysen." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. Accessed 11 June 2009 .; Nippel (2008), pp. 7–22. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Johann Gustav Droysen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Nippel, Wilfried. Johann Gustav Droysen: Ein Leben zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik. C.H. Beck, 2008, , p. 20. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Johann Gustav Droysen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nippel (2008), p. 7.; Nippel (2008), p. 8. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Johann Gustav Droysen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Nippel (2008), pp. 241–245. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Johann Gustav Droysen" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nippel, Das Leben des Feldmarschalls Grafen York von Wartenburg. Veit u. comp., 1854. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Droysen, J.G. Modern History Sourcebook: Documents of German Unification, 1848-1871. Found at: . Accessed on 9 April 2009.. facts only, no text reused. fordham.edu
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