Output details
30 - History
University of Cambridge
Chapter title
“Le roi historien” zu Füßen von Clio
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Franz Steiner Verlag
Book title
Friedrich der Große in seiner Zeit
ISBN of book
9783515103879
Year of publication
2012
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article offers a re-reading of Frederick II of Prussia's historical writings as expressions of the king's understanding of history and his sense of temporality. Frederick rejected the paradigm earlier established by Pufendorf, according to whom the conflict between the central executive and holders of provincial power had been central to the emergence of the state as an effective actor. The article explores the reasons for this bracketing out of domestic conflict, reflects on the resultant logical aporia in the king's historical thinking and suggests reasons for this distinctive feature of his writings.
