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Why History?

By Keith Jenkins

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
0415164168, 9780415164160
LCC
D16.8 .J387 1999
Open Library ID
OL377244M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1377190 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
248\188
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;Философия истории

Description

Why History is an introduction to the issue of history and ethics. Designed to provoke discussion, the book asks whether a good knowledge and understanding of the past is a good thing to have and if so, why. In the context of postmodern times, Why History suggests that the goal of 'learning lessons from the past' is actually learning lessons from stories written by historians and others. If the past as history has no foundation, can anything ethical be gained from history?Why History presents liberating challenges to history and ethics, proposing that we have reached an emancipatory moment which is well beyond the 'end of history'.

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