History and morality
Should historians make value judgements about the past? Many historians think not, but Donald Bloxham contends that it is legitimate, often unavoidable, and frequently important. History and Morality illuminates how far tacit moral judgements infuse works of history, and how strange those histories...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2020
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| Schlagworte: | Historiography History Ethics Historiography-Moral and ethical aspects Electronic books Historiker Werturteil Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtsschreibung Moral |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 313 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Should historians make value judgements about the past? Many historians think not, but Donald Bloxham contends that it is legitimate, often unavoidable, and frequently important. History and Morality illuminates how far tacit moral judgements infuse works of history, and how strange those histories would look if the judgements were removed. Cover -- History and Morality -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: CONTEMPLATING HISTORIC ALACTORS IN CONTEXT -- Introduction -- Misuses of Contextualization -- Cause and Context in Historical Explanation -- Different Sorts of Context -- On Ideology -- Political Morality and Special Roles -- The Importance of Hindsight -- PART 2: WRITING HISTORY: PROBLEMS OF NEUTRALITY -- Introduction -- History versus Social Science -- Evaluative and Evocative Language -- Rhetoric and Truthfulness -- Combining Perspectives -- Legitimacy Contests in the Past -- PART 3: JUSTIFYING JUDGEMENT ON THINGS PAST -- Introduction -- History I: By Faith Alone -- History II: God Is With Us -- History III: To the Present -- Moving Beyond 'Their Own Terms' -- Tolerance, Respect, Relativism -- Past and Present in Conversation -- PART 4: HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND THE PRESENT -- Introduction -- Influential Misunderstandings -- Relating to the Past -- Pride and Shame about the Past -- Material Legacies -- Closing Thoughts -- Bibliography -- Online Sources -- Books -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 313 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9780192602312 0192602314 9780198858713 019885871X |