This collection opens with an inquiry into the assumptions and methods of the historical study of culture, comparing the "new cultural history" with the "old." Thirteen essays follow, each defining a problem within a particular culture. In the first section, "Biography and Autobiography," three scholars explore historically changing types of self-conception, each reflecting larger cultural meanings; essays included examine Italian Renaissance biographers and the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Mohandas Gandhi. A second group of contributors explore problems raised by the writing of history itself, especially as it relates to a notion of culture. Here examples are drawn from the writings of Thucydides, Jacob Burckhardt, and the art historians Alois Riegl and Josef Strzygowski. In the third section, "Politics, Nationalism, and Culture," the essays explore relationships between cultural creativity and national identity, with case studies focusing on the Holy Roman Emperor...

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