... European philosophy and to change the shape of how not onlyEuropeans but practically the whole world conceived of itself, of nature, of religion, of human history, of the nature of knowledge, of politics, ... will interest a range of readers in the history of philosophy, cultural history, and the history of ideas. is Professor of Philosophy and German atNorthwestern University. His publications ... Genesis of German Political Thought – (Cambridge,Mass.: Harvard University Press, ); David Blackbourn, The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, – (Oxford University Press, ...