Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv INTRODUCTION Xvii ONE The Making of a Cultural Obsession 3 TWO From Ideals to Institutions 36 THREE The Vicissitudes of Grand-Scale Archaeology 75 FOUR Trouble in Olympus 116 FIVE Excavating the Barbarian 152 SIX The Peculiarities of German Orientalism 188 SEVEN Kultur and the World War 228 EIGHT The Persistence of the Old Regime 263 NINE The Third Humanism and the Return of Romantic Aesthetics 302 TEN The Decline of Philhellenism, 1933-1970 341 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 377 INDEX 391

About the Author

Suzanne L. Marchand is Associate Professor of History at Louisiana State University. She is the author of numerous essays on the history of anthropology, archaeology, and classical scholarship in Germany and Austria and is the coauthor of the world history textbook Worlds Together, Worlds Apart (W. W. Norton).

Reviews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997 "Impressive... Marchand's work will fascinate historians, philosophers, literary theorists, and ... Humanists... It provides ... the definitive study of the historical decline of German 'institutional philhellenism.'"--Josef Chytry, American Historical Review "A rich and welcome contribution to German cultural history... A must-read for anyone interested in ... the history of philhellenism and archaeology in Germany."--Spencer Moore, American Anthropologist "An enormously rich and stimulating book... It is a masterly study of an important chapter of the classical Greek bearings on the modern world."--Craige Champion, Classical World "Superb... A sobering book, one marked by its scholarly care and narrative brilliance."--Choice