Humboldt, Historismus, Humboldteanisierung. Der "Geschichtsschreiber von Amerika", die Massensklaverei und die Globalisierungen der Welt

Abstract

Article in German, Abstracts in English and Spanish.Humboldt, (German) historicism, humboldteanization.The ‘historian of America", mass slavery and the globalisations of the world.This article treats Alexander von Humboldt as an Atlantic intellectual, not only as an european intellectual. The article tries to analize also the "Ensayo político sobre la Isla de Cuba" as a key text of the second globalization ("industrial revolution"). Against the background of our knowledge about the reality at the beginnings of the 19th century the article analizes the humboldtian presentation of this reality during his stay in Cuba (1801/1804), confronting it with his "Essay" about Cuba (1826-1831), as well tries to demonstrate the position of Humboldt in the historical thinking. The third part explains the relations of Humboldt to the network of Cuban intellectuals and with some important personalities of the Cuban elite (Arango, Calvo) in the development of his work.

Keywords

• Alexander von Humboldt
• Michael Zeuske
• Slavery
• Globalisation
• Cuba Diary