Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder

Article in German, Abstracts in English, German and Spanish.Alexander von Humboldt's work displays traces of Johann Gottfried Herder which are as multifaceted as the references to the latter are scarce. In light of this aspect, the present essay focuses on Humboldt's Physiognomy of Plants...

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Main Author: Bernhard Hunger
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Published: Universität Potsdam 2009-05-01
Series:HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien
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Online Access:http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin18/hunger.htm
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description Article in German, Abstracts in English, German and Spanish.Alexander von Humboldt's work displays traces of Johann Gottfried Herder which are as multifaceted as the references to the latter are scarce. In light of this aspect, the present essay focuses on Humboldt's Physiognomy of Plants (1806), in which he explicitly mentions Herder for the first time in a publication. Two years later, the text is incorporated within Aspects of Nature (1808 ff.). In the third edition of Aspects (1849), Herder's name is curiously omitted. This omission is incomprehensible both in form and content. The historical context characterising the years between 1805 and 1808 suggests that Humboldt's references to Herder must have been made very deliberately. Humboldt's correspondence with the historian Johannes von M¸ller and other sources shows that Humboldt carefully studied Herder's writings. As the publisher of Herder's complete works, Johannes von M¸ller, who was Humboldtís friend and neighbour at the time, even considered Humboldt to be a direct descendant of the Herder school.
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spelling doaj.art-4016fc07fc0842f29de1e9f3ac1d8f802022-12-22T01:57:39ZdeuUniversität PotsdamHiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien1617-52392009-05-01X184552Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried HerderBernhard HungerArticle in German, Abstracts in English, German and Spanish.Alexander von Humboldt's work displays traces of Johann Gottfried Herder which are as multifaceted as the references to the latter are scarce. In light of this aspect, the present essay focuses on Humboldt's Physiognomy of Plants (1806), in which he explicitly mentions Herder for the first time in a publication. Two years later, the text is incorporated within Aspects of Nature (1808 ff.). In the third edition of Aspects (1849), Herder's name is curiously omitted. This omission is incomprehensible both in form and content. The historical context characterising the years between 1805 and 1808 suggests that Humboldt's references to Herder must have been made very deliberately. Humboldt's correspondence with the historian Johannes von M¸ller and other sources shows that Humboldt carefully studied Herder's writings. As the publisher of Herder's complete works, Johannes von M¸ller, who was Humboldtís friend and neighbour at the time, even considered Humboldt to be a direct descendant of the Herder school.http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin18/hunger.htmAlexander von HumboldtBernhard HungerJohann Gottfried Herder1805-1808Physiognomy of PlantsAspects of Nature
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Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder
HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien
Alexander von Humboldt
Bernhard Hunger
Johann Gottfried Herder
1805-1808
Physiognomy of Plants
Aspects of Nature
title Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder
title_full Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder
title_fullStr Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder
title_full_unstemmed Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder
title_short Spurensuche einer Rezeptionsgeschichte Alexander von Humboldt und Johann Gottfried Herder
title_sort spurensuche einer rezeptionsgeschichte alexander von humboldt und johann gottfried herder
topic Alexander von Humboldt
Bernhard Hunger
Johann Gottfried Herder
1805-1808
Physiognomy of Plants
Aspects of Nature
url http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin18/hunger.htm
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