Modern Historiography in the Making: The German Sense of the Past, 1700-1900

Abstract

Modern Historiography in the Making deals with the creation of a German sense of the past, examining this process as it emerged in various ways through recent historiographical disputes. Its principal aim is to challenge the received understanding of historicism and, by rediscovering overlooked parts within the history of historiography, to provide fresh glimpses into how its modern concept, in the author ’ s assessment, evolved and developed together with German historical consciousness between the early Enlightenment and the twentieth century. Concerning this ambitious and admittedly Rankean his-toriographical program, Kasper Risbjerg Eskildsen ’ s contribution also questions the credibility of his-toricism ’ s master narrative, while offering alternatives for its revision