The liberal theoretical pattern in nineteenth-century German social science -- The crisis of liberalism and the emergence of cultural science, 1848-1862 -- The contexts of cultural science -- The crisis of liberalism and the emergence of cultural science, 1862-1885 -- Berlin ethnology as neoliberal cultural science -- Völkerpsychologie -- Bauer, Volk, and Kultur: the peasant as the foundation of culture -- The diffusionist revolt -- Exploration, imperialism, and anthropology -- Historical economics and cultural history -- Intellectual politics and cultural science in the Wilhelmian era -- Lebensraum--theory and politics in human geography -- Cultural science and politics
Summary
This study traces the roots of German imperialist ideology by examining the German cultural sciences of the 19th century and their relationship to politics
Analysis
Culture Related to Politics History
Germany
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index
