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Collingwood's the idea of history : a reader's guide /

The Idea of History is the best known work of the Oxford philosopher and historian RG Collingwood. Published posthumously in 1946 it is, in effect, two books: a historiography and a philosophy of history. Students look to Collingwood for a history of thinking about history, and to discover his ideas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Colección:Continuum reader's guides.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • FC; Half title; Bloomsbury Reader's Guides; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Text; Prologue; Abbreviations; Introduction; A note about reading; 1 Background to the text; Text; Contex; Development; Collingwood's idea of history: structural features; 2 Collingwood's great discovery: The autonomy of history; Realism; History
  • is it art or science?; The autonomy of history; History and human purpose; The inside/outside theory; Human history; What and why; Re-enactment; Inference; History and imagination; History and self-knowledge; Conclusion; 3 Arguing with Collingwood (I).
  • The problem of re-enactmentThe problem of imagination in history; The problem of historical evidence; The problem of historical inference; The logic of question and answer; 4 Arguing with Collingwood (II); Past, present and future; The limits of history: thoughts and feelings; Past lives; Facts and fictions; History, politics and progress; 5 Receptions and reactions; Reception; Reviews; Reactions; Influences and affinities; Conclusion; Glossary; Further reading; Index.