Wácslav Wladiwoj Tomek

• Authors: Jiří Štaif

Title variants

EN

Wácslav Wladiwoj Tomek

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The monograph on the historian W. W. Tomek (1818–1905) is an extensive, thorough, thoughtful and ambitious work. The author understands his personality as authoritative for the overall development of Czech historiography in the 19th century. At the same time, he considers his research and interpretation to be a stimulus to rethink the interpretive paradigm of its history, which is to be welcomed. He sees Tomek as a professional initiator of modern historiographic scientism in Czech historiography and underscores its conservative foundation as a characteristic feature of his personality. The overall concept of his monograph is based on sympathies for the personality of this historian, which prevail over the reservations.

Keywords

EN

biography; Czech historiography in the 19th century; reassessment of historiography

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 394-404
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jiří Štaif

• Český časopis historický, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic