The German Historicist Tradition

Frederick C. Beiser studied for his BA and DPhil at Oxford. He has taught at seven universities during his career--Penn, Wisconsin, Colorado, Indiana, Yale, Harvard and Syracuse--and has researched for many years in Germany, where he was a recipient of Thyssen and Humboldt fellowships.

• Introduction: Concept and Context of Historicism ; 1. Chladenius and the New Science of History ; 2. Justus Moser and the Roots of Historicism ; 3. Herder's Historicism, its Genesis and Development ; 4. Humboldt the Proteus ; 5. Savigny and the Historical School of Law ; 6. Ranke's Romantic Philosophy ; 7. The Historics of Johann Gustav Droysen ; 8. Dilthey and the Foundations of the Human Sciences ; 9. Wilhelm Windelband and the Forces of History ; 10. Rickert and the Philosophy of Value ; 11. Emil Lask and the End of Southwestern Neo-Kantianism ; 12. Simmel's Early Philosophy of History ; 13. Max Weber and the End of the Historicist Tradition ; Bibliography

This is an excellent and fascinating book. Beiser brings to bear a deep knowledge of both primary and secondary sources, a sharp eye for important philosophical issues, and an engaging writing style.