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What is history for? : Johann Gustav Droysen and the functions of historiography /
A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droyse...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
Ã2014.
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| Colección: | Making sense of history ;
v. 17 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen's theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context of a rising criticism of exemplar theories of history, and focuses on Droysen's claim that the goal underlying historical writing and reading should be the development of the subjective capacity to t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 234 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781782382492 1782382496 1306192102 9781306192101 |