Momigliano and Antiquarianism: Foundations of the Modern Cultural Sciences

414 Pages·2007·2.809 MB·English

by  Peter N. Miller

MOMIGLIANO AND ANTIQUARIANISM:
FOUNDATIONS OF THE
MODERN CULTURAL SCIENCES
Arnaldo Momigliano
MOMIGLIANO AND
ANTIQUARIANISM
FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN
CULTURAL SCIENCES
Edited by Peter N. Miller
Published by the University of Toronto Press in association with
the UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies and
the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Momigliano and antiquarianism : foundations of the modern cultural
sciences / edited by Peter N. Miller.
(UCLA Center/Clark series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8020-9207-6
1. Momigliano, Arnaldo – Criticism and interpretation. 2. History,
Ancient – Historiography. I. Miller, Peter N., 1964– II. Series:
UCLA Clark Memorial Library series
D53.A2M64 2006 930 C2006-905435-5
This book has been published with the help of a grant from the UCLA Center
for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies.
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support for its
publishing activities of the Government of Canada through the Book
Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP).
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance
to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and
Ontario Arts Council.
In honour of Wallace MacCaffrey
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Where could one find a feeling for the seriousness of research called to
explore the fathomless depths of knowledge? How seldom is there any
forbearance towards bold efforts that were unsuccessful, or patience for
slow developments!
Goethe,Geschichte der Farbenlehre
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Contributors xiii
1 Introduction: Momigliano, Antiquarianism, and
the Cultural Sciences 3
peter n. miller
2 Arnaldo Momigliano from Antiquarianism to Cultural History:
Some Reasons for a Quest 66
riccardo di donato
3 Momigliano’s Method and the Warburg Institute:
Studies in His Middle Period 97
anthony grafton
4 Arnaldo Momigliano’s ‘Ancient History and the Antiquarian’:
A Critical Review 127
ingo herklotz
5 Arnaldo Momigliano et la réhabilitation des ‘antiquaires’: le comte
de Caylus et le ‘retour à l’antique’ au XVIIIe siècle 154
marc fumaroli
6 Historia Literaria and Cultural History from
Mylaeus to Eichhorn 184
michael c. carhart