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1 online resource (viii, 234 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Making sense of history ; v. 17
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Making sense of history ; v. 17.
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| Summary |
A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen's theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context of a rising criticism of exemplar theories of history, and focuses on Droysen's claim that the goal underlying historical writing and reading should be the development of the subjective capacity to t. |
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Functions of Historiography until the Mid-nineteenth Century: A Short History of the Problem; Chapter 2 -- The Theoretical Design of a New Justification; Chapter 3 -- Historical Thinking and the Genealogy of the Present; Chapter 4 -- The Politics of Historical Thinking and the Limits of the New Function; Conclusion; Appendix: Droysen and His Theory of History; Bibliography; Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Droysen, Johann Gustav, 1808-1884.
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Droysen, Johann Gustav, 1808-1884. |
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Historiography -- Philosophy.
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Historiography -- Philosophy. |
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Historiography -- Political aspects.
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Historiography -- Political aspects. |
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Historiography. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Assis, Arthur Alfaix. What Is History For? Berghahn Books 2014 9781782382485 |
| ISBN |
9781782382492 (electronic book) |
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1782382496 (electronic book) |
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1306192102 (electronic book) |
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9781306192101 (electronic book) |
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