Jacob Burckhardt's Reflections on Individualism and Secularism in His Erinnerungen aus Rubens
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臺大歷史學報, 45, 155-219
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臺大歷史學報
Journal Issue
45
Pages
155-219
Date Issued
2010-06
Date
2010-06
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Abstract
In Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien Jacob Burckhardt characterized early modern Europe as having two major features: the rise of individualism and the trend toward secularism. Late in life, Burckhardt witnessed the rising misunder- standing of his discussions about the Renaissance individualism and secularism in the shaping of German national identity and Nietzsche’s philosophy of “?bermensch.” In order to clarify his own historical thinking, Burckhardt strove to specify his personal values in his last book, Erinnerungen aus Rubens. The present study aims to investigate how Burckhardt found the proper ways to make his thoughts clear by portraying Rubens as role model in presenting himself as a highly creative artist and a healthy-minded individual who led a happy family life as well as renowned public life during an age full of political and religious conflicts. The two main arguments of this paper are as follows: (1) How did Burckhardt rebut the notion of genius worship in his time with the ideal of l’uomo universale, to which Rubens served as an appropriate embodiment? (2) How did Burckhardt elaborate on the meaningful perception of “reality” in the secular world by distinguishing between the positivist notion of “reality” in the nineteenth- century art and Rubens’ humanistic approach to depicting the “reality” of the Thirty Years’ War? And, how did he argue for the value of Rubens’ perception of the “reality” in his time with regard to the pursuit of true happiness in the “secularized” modern world.
Subjects
布克哈特
魯本斯
個人主義
現世性
尼采
Jacob Burckhardt
Peter Paul Rubens
individualism
secularism
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Type
journal article
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