Reflections on History (2 Rev ed)

Almost alone among nineteenth-century historians, Jacob Burckhardt saw the totalitarian direction that history could take.

This book (first published in English in 1943 as Force and Freedom) is a guide to the study and comprehension of historical processes.

Burckhardt makes a clear distinction between the state and the voluntary activities of society.

He focuses on the nature and reciprocal interactions of the state, religion, and culture.