In Search of Cultural History

by E.H. Gombrich

1978 CLARENDON PRESS/OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS SOFTCOVER

Genres: History

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian, who spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[saml · Rating 2 out of 5]

brief little taking of account of unescaped hegelianism without hegel. it's not clear to me why an intellectual current in the humanities should need, or be led to, theoretical justification beyond its own lights, especially not in systematic vision. so i think i am a friend of gombrich's (rather open) conclusions

[Otto Rasanen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The fun and insightful kind of Hegel-bashing - the kind that shows with examples just how easy it is to disavow Hegel in name but retain him in spirit (pun intended by the Cunning of Reason).

Choice quote: "Some people are allergic to Hegel and I confess that my own tolerance is low."

The next word is, of course, a "But".