The history of the German people. Tom 1

The History of Germany Lamprecht tried to give a synthetic picture of the development of the German people, trying to make the main subject of lighting the history of culture in the broadest sense (including economics and social relations). Lamprecht interpret the historical process as a natural evolutionary development, the main content of which is cultural progress, and the carrier - the nation. Arguing that the object of study should be collective, not individual, Ch. the driving force of history was the development of social psychology. Historically give way to determine its type, according to Lamprecht, the nature of the various cultural and historical epochs; the concept of cultural-historical era, he contrasted the Marxist category socio-economic formation. Along with the political development in Germany, the author describes the development of its social system and spiritual life. Cultural issues are recognized ravnoznachitelnymi, if not more important, with political issues. The author makes an attempt to understand the interaction between the material and spiritual forces of development in the history of Germany and to present the overall development framework and steps of progress in the material and spiritual culture of the country.