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...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books
2014.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Making sense of history ; v. 17. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40513956*spi |
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: | viii, 234 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781782382492 9781306192101 |