Use and Abuse of History - Couverture rigide

Geyl, Pieter

 
9780300136517: Use and Abuse of History
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 030013651X ISBN 13 : 9780300136517
Editeur : Yale University Press, 1955

Synopsis

Historical knowledge, this noted Dutch historian declares, should be a result of free investigation and criticism. Since it deals with facts, not imagination, it cannot be cast into a predetermined mold to fit a unified pattern of arbitrary principles. "The most we can hope for," he states, "is a partial rendering, an approximation, of the real truth about the past." In this succinct analysis of the philosophy and method of history, Professor Geyl examines the prevailing concepts of history and the new "awareness of distance" from the past that was lacking in earlier historians. History, he points out, provides an elucidation of the present and its problems by showing them in perspective. This important study of the historical point of view is based on the author's Terry Lectures at Yale.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
1955
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030013651X
ISBN 13 
9780300136517
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
106
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780208008275: Use and Abuse of History

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0208008276 ISBN 13 :  9780208008275
Editeur : Shoe String Pr Inc, 1980
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