Otto Vossler

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Otto Vossler (born February 14, 1902 in Heidelberg ; † December 26, 1987 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German modern historian .

Life

Otto Vossler was the younger son of the Romanist Karl Vossler and his wife Ester Countess Gnoli, daughter of the Italian poet and literary historian Count Domenico Gnoli . Raised in his parents' bilingual home, Vossler was able to translate and publish his correspondence with the Italian anti-fascist Benedetto Croce after his father's death . After the family moved, Vossler attended Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich . He completed his studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 1925 with Hermann Oncken with a doctorate on Mazzini's political thinking in the intellectual currents of his time. In 1929 he completed his habilitation, also with Oncken, in Berlin with a study of American revolutionary ideals with Thomas Jefferson . In 1930 he was appointed associate professor in Leipzig , in 1938 he was appointed full professor (until 1945), and in 1946 he took over the chair for Middle and Modern History, especially English and American History, at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In 1967 he retired. Werner Gembruch was one of his academic students . In addition to the revolutionary movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, his research included Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Alexis de Tocqueville and the developments of the national idea.

In 1942 he became a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences , from 1945 until his death he was listed as a corresponding member. From 1942 to 1944 he was dean of the Philological and Historical Department of the Philosophical Faculty of Leipzig University.

Fonts

  • Mazzini's political thinking and will in the intellectual currents of his time , Oldenbourg, Munich, Berlin 1927.
  • The American revolutionary ideals in relation to the European ones. Examined by Thomas Jefferson , Oldenbourg, Munich 1929.
  • The national idea from Rousseau to Ranke , Oldenbourg, Munich, Berlin 1937.
  • Spirit and history. From the Reformation to the present. Collected essays , Piper, Munich 1964.
  • The revolution of 1848 in Germany , Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt a. M. 1967; 8th edition 1985.
  • Alexis de Tocqueville. Freedom and Equality , Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1973.
  • History as meaning , Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt a. M. 1979.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Letter exchange Benedetto Croce - Karl Vossler, Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt a. M. 1955.
personal data
SURNAME Vossler, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German modern historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1987
Place of death Frankfurt am Main