| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 287 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-279) and index. |
| Contents |
Getting at what is behind history -- Already historicized world -- Concept of historics -- Historical illusions -- Logic of "sense" -- A sense of history -- Theme -- History and indiscriminate interests -- Cultural politics of distinction -- Historics -- History and sentience -- Organic conception of history -- 'The common denominator of all our sensibilities' -- 'The anguish secreted by human infirmity' -- Comprehension and history -- Apprehension and history -- Historical knowledge -- The 'prosthesis god' -- Neither art nor science -- Historical discourse -- Phantom experiences -- History as a sense-management system -- Faith of fallen Jews -- Homo studiosus -- History as symbolic re-enactment -- Coda. |
| Summary |
This provocative and seminal work takes a fresh look at the behaviours and practices that constitute history. Challenging and explaining complex ideas on historical thought and its function in society, this is a highly recommended student resource. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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History -- Philosophy. |
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History -- Psychological aspects.
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History -- Psychological aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davies, Martin L. Historics. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 0415261651 9780415261654 (DLC) 2005002653 (OCoLC)57579487 |
| ISBN |
9780203964217 (electronic book) |
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0203964217 (electronic book) |
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0415261651 (Cloth) |
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9780415261654 (Cloth) |
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041526166X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415261661 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415361654 |
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