What is history for? : Johann Gustav Droysen and the functions of historiography
Functions of historiography until the mid-nineteenth century: a short history of the problem -- The theoretical design of a new justification -- Historical thinking and the genealogy of the present -- The politics of historical thinking and the limits of the new function -- Conclusion -- Appendix. D...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | English |
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New York Oxford : Berghahn,
2014
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| Édition: | First published |
| Titres liés à la collection: | Making sense of history
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| Accès à la collection: | Making sense of history |
| Sujets: | Historiography Droysen, Johann Gustav Geschichtsschreibung |
| Description matérielle: | vii, 234 Seiten |
Table des matières:
- Functions of historiography until the mid-nineteenth century: a short history of the problemThe theoretical design of a new justification
- Historical thinking and the genealogy of the present
- The politics of historical thinking and the limits of the new function
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Droysen and his theory of history.