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Historics : why history dominates contemporary society /

This provocative and seminal work takes a fresh look at the behaviours and practices that constitute history. Challenging and explaining complex ideas on historical thought and its function in society, this is a highly recommended student resource.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Martin L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Getting at what is behind history
  • The already historicized world
  • The concept of historics
  • Historical illusions
  • The logic of "sense"
  • A sense of history
  • Theme
  • History and indiscriminate interests
  • The cultural politics of distinction
  • Historics
  • History and sentience
  • The organic conception of history
  • 'The common denominator of all our sensibilities'
  • 'The anguish secreted by human infirmity'
  • Comprehension and history
  • Apprehension and history
  • Historical knowledge
  • The 'prosthesis god'
  • Neither art nor science
  • Historical discourse
  • Phantom experiences
  • History as a sense-management system
  • The faith of fallen Jews
  • Homo studiosus
  • History as symbolic re-enactment
  • Coda.