Martin L. Davies

Imprisoned by History (eBook, ePUB)

Aspects of Historicized Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Imprisoned by History: Aspects of Historicized Life offers a controversial analysis, grounded both in philosophical argument and empirical evidence, of what history does in contemporary culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135178444
• Artikelnr.: 49984130

Autorenporträt

Martin L. Davies works in the School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, UK, having previously lectured in the School of Modern Languages. Besides numerous articles he has written Identity or History? Marcus Herz and the End of the Enlightenment (1995) and Historics: Why History Dominates Contemporary Society (Routledge, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. 'Shaking the respect for history'. 2.
Imprisoned by History. 3. The Historical Unconscious. 4. History: A
Self-centred Science. 5. History: Deception as Cultural Practice. Appendix.
References. Index.