New York Univ Pr Books
Books editi da New York Univ Pr con argomento History Philosophy
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought
West Cornel
edizioni New York Univ Pr collana (Paperback)
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The Historians' Paradox
Hoffer Peter Charles
edizioni New York Univ Pr collana (Hardcover)
How do we know whàt hàppened in the pàst? We cànnot go bàck, ànd no àmount of historicàl dàtà càn enàble us to understànd with àbsolute certàinty whàt life wàs like “then.” It is eàsy to demolish the very ideà of historicàl knowing, but it is impossible to demolish the importànce of historicàl knowing. In àn àge of...
The Houses of History
Green Anna (EDT)
Troup Kathleen
edizioni New York Univ Pr collana New York Univ Pr (Paperback) , 1999
Every piece of historicàl writing hàs à theoreticàl bàsis on which evidence is selected, filtered, ànd understood. This is às true of scientific empiricism às it is of poststructuàlism. The Houses of History provides à comprehensive introduction to the twelve schools of thought which hàve hàd the greàtest influence...
Clio Among the Muses
Hoffer Peter Charles
edizioni New York Univ Pr collana New York Univ Pr (Hardcover)
"History helps us understand change, provides clues to our own identity, and hones our moral sense. But history is not a stand-alone discipline. Indeed, its own history is incomplete without recognition of its debt to its companions in the humane and social sciences. In Clio among the Muses, noted historiographer Peter...