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History and Tropology: The Rise and Fall of Metaphor

By F. R. Ankersmit

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1994
ISBN
9780520080454, 0520080459
Open Library ID
OL21005005M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28821984 bytes)
Pages
252\252
Topic
History
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

"The chief business of twentieth-century philosophy is to reckon with twentieth-century history," claimed Collingwood. In this remarkable collection of essays, many published for the first time, Frank Ankersmit demonstrates the prescience of that remark and goes a long way toward meeting its challenge. Responding to the work of Hayden White, Arthur Danto, and Hans- Georg Gadamer, he examines such issues as the difference between historical representation and artistic expression, the status of metaphor in historical description, and the relation of postmodernism to historicism. Ankersmit's fluent grasp of European thought and his ability to incorporate concepts from literary theory, art history, the philosophy of science, and political thought into his analyses assure that this collection will interest readers throughout the humanities.

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