Truth, Reality, and Meaning in History - Couverture rigide

Phillips, Paul T.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1487504535 ISBN 13 : 9781487504533

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2019

Synopsis

In this important new book, Paul T. Phillips argues that most professional historians - aside from a relatively small number devoted to theory and methodology - have concerned themselves with particular, specialized areas of research, thereby ignoring the fundamental questions of truth, morality, and meaning. This is less so in the thriving general community of history enthusiasts beyond academia, and may explain, in part at least, history's sharp decline as a subject of choice by students in recent years.

Phillips sees great dangers resulting from the thinking of extreme relativists and postmodernists on the futility of attaining historical truth, especially in the age of "post-truth." He also believes that moral judgment and the search for meaning in history should be considered part of the discipline's mandate. In each section of this study, Phillips outlines the nature of individual issues and past efforts to address them, including approaches derived from other disciplines. This book is a call to action for all those engaged in the study of history to direct more attention to the fundamental questions of truth, morality, and meaning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Paul T. Phillips is a senior research professor and professor emeritus in the Department of History at St Francis Xavier University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1487504535
• ISBN 13: 9781487504533
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
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• Personne responsable: non disponible