Description: Further DetailsTitle: What Is History For?Condition: NewSubtitle: Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of HistoriographyISBN-10: 1782382488EAN: 9781782382485ISBN: 9781782382485Publisher: Berghahn BooksFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/01/2014Description: 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 think historically. In addition, Assis examines the connections and disconnections between Droysen’s theory of historical thinking, his practice of historical thought, and his political activism. Ultimately, Assis not only shows how Droysen helped reinvent the relationship between historical knowledge and human agency, but also traces some of the contradictions and limitations inherent to that project.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 499gAuthor: Arthur Alfaix AssisGenre: HistoryBook Series: Making Sense of HistoryRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: What Is History For?
Title: What Is History For?
Subtitle: Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography
ISBN-10: 1782382488
EAN: 9781782382485
ISBN: 9781782382485
Release Date: 01/01/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 242 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: What Is History For? : Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Subject: Historiography, Europe / Germany, Modern / 19th Century
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: History
Author: Arthur Alfaix Assis
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Making Sense of History Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
