Paris/Berlin/Havanna: Alexander von Humboldts transareale Wissenschaft und die Revolution nach der Revolution

Abstract: Abstract Without any doubt, Paris – as a major European centre with its renowned scientific institutions, its publishing houses and scientific circles, but also its salons – was the ideal place for Alexander von Humboldt to advance his scientific work and to observe the accelerating circulation of knowledge that inspired his writing. And yet, the development of his life’s work was less linked to a specific, concrete place than to a vectoricity. This is evident in all of Humboldt’s writings in the overlays of the most diverse places and landscapes. Right across Humboldt’s journeys, that were and still are astonishing both in their dimensions and in their results, there is an oscillating movement that connected Berlin, Potsdam and Paris with the ‘New World’ and the debates about the latter over a period of almost six decades. Zusammenfassung Zweifellos war Paris mit seinen renommierten wissenschaftlichen Institutionen, seinen Verlagen und wissenschaftlichen Zirkeln, abe.... https://www.hin-online.de/index.php/hin/article/view/280

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch

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• Bibliographic citation: Paris/Berlin/Havanna: Alexander von Humboldts transareale Wissenschaft und die Revolution nach der Revolution ; volume:19 ; number:37 ; day:13 ; month:05 ; year:2019 ; HIN ; 19, Heft 37 (13.05.2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ette, Ottmar

Further information

• DOI: 10.18443/280
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020070113553857739430
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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