The State as a Work of Art (Penguin Great Ideas) - Softcover

Burckhardt, Jacob

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9780141048116: The State as a Work of Art (Penguin Great Ideas)

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ISBN 10: 0141048115 ISBN 13: 9780141048116

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2010

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Argues that the Italian Renaissance's creativity, competitiveness, dynasties, great city-states and even its vicious rulers sowed the seeds of a new era.

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Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) intended to join the Church, but lost his faith while studying theology. Thereafter he studied history at the University of Basel, gaining his doctorate in 1843 and becoming a lecturer. He moved to the Zurich Polytechnic as Professor of Architecture and History in 1855, which is where he wrote The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. In 1858 he returned to Basel, where he lived for his work as a teacher at the University.

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