Why history?: a history

What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to illustrate the purposes t...

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Main Author: Bloxham, Donald 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2020
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Summary:What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to illustrate the purposes that their historical investigations have served. At the core of this work, whether it is addressing Herodotus, medieval religious exegesis, or twentieth-century cultural history, is the way that the present has been conceived to relate to the past. Alongside many changes in technique and philosophy, Donald Bloxham's book reveals striking long-term continuities in justifications for the discipline
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (416 Seiten)
ISBN:9780191890840
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198858720.001.0001

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