Johan Huizinga
Johan Huizinga
Johan Huizinga, was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth7 December 1872
bestowed heroic impossible strive survivors themselves title
It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.
arranging creates history limited primarily
History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections.
dam european maintain market social
We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible.
use youth spirit
Educators are aware that they can reach the youth only by making use of gang spirit and guiding it, not by working against it.
public-opinion looks demand
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.
music sports fashion
The things which can make life enjoyable remain the same. They are, now as before, reading, music, fine arts, travel, the enjoyment of nature, sports, fashion, social vanity (knightly orders, honorary offices, gatherings) and the intoxication of the senses.
attitude sober-up expression
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
culture ifs preserves
If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.
culture metaphysical aim
Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture.
original-thought revolution essentials
Revolution as an ideal concept always preserves the essential content of the original thought: sudden and lasting betterment.
philosophical systematic culture
Systematic philosophical and practical anti-intellectualism such as we are witnessing appears to be something truly novel in the history of human culture.
simple practice confusion
A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.
reflection men expression
The slogan offers a counterweight to the general dispersion of thought by holding it fast to a single, utterly succinct and unforgettable expression, one which usually inspires men to immediate action. It abolishes reflection: the slogan does not argue, it asserts and commands.
science progress culture
The new knowledge has not yet settled in culture. It has not yet been integrated in a new cosmic conception.