Meaning Of History

Author : Karl Löwith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226162294

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Meaning in History by Karl Löwith Pdf

Modern man sees with one eye of faith and one eye of reason. Consequently, his view of history is confused. For centuries, the history of the Western world has been viewed from the Christian or classical standpoint—from a deep faith in the Kingdom of God or a belief in recurrent and eternal life-cycles. The modern mind, however, is neither Christian nor pagan—and its interpretations of history are Christian in derivation and anti-Christian in result. To develop this theory, Karl Löwith—beginning with the more accessible philosophies of history in the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries and working back to the Bible—analyzes the writings of outstanding historians both in antiquity and in Christian times. "A book of distinction and great importance. . . . The author is a master of philosophical interpretation, and each of his terse and substantial chapters has the balance of a work of art."—Helmut Kuhn, Journal of Philosophy

Author : Henry Kissinger
Publisher : Bokforlaget Stolpe
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9189425863

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The Meaning of History by Henry Kissinger Pdf

Exploring the dialectic between historical determinism and the exercise of free will, from the Enlightenment to WWII, by the former Secretary of State This volume presents Henry Kissinger's (born 1923) senior thesis from Harvard University, written in 1950 when he was 27 years old and published here in full for the first time over 70 years later. The text explores the thought of three distinct but important thinkers in the canon of Western philosophical and historical thought: Oswald Spengler, a German historian and philosopher; Arnold Toynbee, a British historian and philosopher; and Immanuel Kant, a Prussian of the European Enlightenment era and one of the most important philosophers to emerge from his time. At nearly 400 pages, it wrestles with some of the first-order dilemmas of Western political and moral thought, ranging in scope from the Enlightenment through to the midpoint of the 20th century--an era scourged by two world wars and the advent of the nuclear age.

Author : Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781412828291

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The Meaning of History by Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev Pdf

Berdyaev considered the philosophy of history as a field that laid the foundations of the Russian national consciousness. Its disputes were centered on distinctions between slavophiles and Westerners, East and West. The Meaning of History was an early effort, following World War I, that attempted to revive this perspective. With the removal of Communism as a ruling system in Russia, that nation returned to an elaboration of a religious philosophy of history as the specific mission of Russian thought. This volume thus has contemporary significance. Its sense of the apocalypse, which distinguishes Russian from Western thought, gives the book its specifically religious character.

Author : Anne Kerr,Edmund Wright
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191044786

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A Dictionary of World History by Anne Kerr,Edmund Wright Pdf

This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Over 4,000 clear, concise entries include biographies of key figures in world history (living and dead), separate entries for every country in the world (summarising key historical events), and in-depth entries on religious and political movements, international organizations, and major conflicts and events and their after-effects. For this new edition, existing entries have been revised and updated to reflect the very latest global events including changes in leadership, wars, political situations, and the statistical information given for each country (population counts, currency, languages, religions). New entries have been included for key figures who have recently come to prominence and world events. The book also contains twenty-five detailed maps linked to key historical events and topics. These include the African slave trade, the Black Death, and the Normandy campaign. Also included are over 200 country maps. The dictionary is enhanced by entry-level web links which are accessed via a dedicated companion website. Encyclopedic in scope, this ambitious A to Z provides an excellent overview of world history both for students and anyone with an interest in the subject.

Author : Jörn Rüsen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0857455559

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Meaning and Representation in History by Jörn Rüsen Pdf

History has always been more than just the past. It involves a relationship between past and present, perceived, on the one hand, as a temporal chain of events and, on the other, symbolically as an interpretation that gives meaning to these events through varying cultural orientations, charging it with norms and values, hopes and fears. And it is memory that links the present to the past and therefore has to be seen as the most fundamental procedure of the human mind that constitutes history: memory and historical thinking are the door of the human mind to experience. At the same time, it transforms the past into a meaningful and sense bearing part of the present and beyond. It is these complex interrelationships that are the focus of the contributors to this volume, among them such distinguished scholars as Paul Ricoeur, Johan Galtung, Eberhard Lämmert, and James E. Young. Full of profound insights into human society pat and present it is a book that not only historians but also philosophers and social scientists should engage with.

Author : Alban G. Widgery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317274629

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The Meanings in History by Alban G. Widgery Pdf

In this book, originally published in 1967, the author gives his views of history, from reflection on living history as distinct from books about past history. He sees histories as the related histories of individuals and gives an account of the meanings in those individuals’ lives and defends the beliefs dominatnly held in relation to them. He challenges professional historians to concern themselves with the fundamentals of history, and philosophers to return to the cnsideration of problems persistent in the previous history of philosophy, occidental and oriental.

Author : N. Gordon Carper,Joyce Carper
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012026428

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The Meaning of History by N. Gordon Carper,Joyce Carper Pdf

Containing some 3,000 quotations by 1,000 writers from different cultures, times, and perspectives, this book will fascinate readers who enjoy reflecting on history. Choice This unusual work examines the literature of history and its attempts to define the meaning of history. Approximately three thousand quotations by about 1,000 prominent philosophers, writers, and historians offer diverse interpretations of the significance of historical study, ranging from history viewed as bunk to history elevated to lyric poetry. The entries, arranged alphabetically by author, represent a variety of cultures and disciplines, and are documented as fully as possible by context, author, author birth and death dates, and vocation. Topics such as the role of the historian, the definition of history, the purpose of the study of history, and the values that history imparts broaden the scope of the work and enliven the debate over the meaning of history. Scholars, historians, and students will welcome this book, and it will also be of great use to academic and public libraries as a unique reference work.

Author : John Feather
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UCSC:32106009497543

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A Dictionary of Book History by John Feather Pdf

Author : John Ashton Cannon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1087 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780191580222

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A Dictionary of British History by John Ashton Cannon Pdf

When was the first motorway opened? What did the Levellers believe in? What was the book of sports? Where did the Rebecca riots take place? What prompted the Cat and Mouse Act? How long did the Hundred Years War last? When was the treaty of Worms for?Drawing on from the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to British History, published in 1997, The Dictionary of British History published in the very popular OPR series first in 2001 and now reissued for 2003 is a handy and invaluable reference work essential for anyone with an interest in British history and in need for a compact reference source.

Author : Nicolas Barker
Publisher : London : British Library
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Design
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111927393

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Form and Meaning in the History of the Book by Nicolas Barker Pdf

Nicolas Barker, OBE FBA, has made many contributions to the study of the book. In celebration of his 70th birthday, the British Library has published a selection of his essays that show the range of his interests in a number of related fields: books and texts; books and people; typography and early printing; the history of the book; bookselling; and forgery. None of these essays has previously been reprinted and collectively they offer a series of authoritative insights into various aspects of the book as physical and cultural artefact. The collection is prefaced by an introduction by Alan Bell, former Librarian of the London Library.

Author : Donald V. Gawronski
Publisher : Scott Foresman
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89008365025

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History: Meaning and Method by Donald V. Gawronski Pdf

Author : Leonard Krieger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : 0226453499

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Ranke by Leonard Krieger Pdf

Author : Frank R. Ankersmit
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801464324

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Meaning, Truth, and Reference in Historical Representation by Frank R. Ankersmit Pdf

In this book, the noted intellectual historian Frank Ankersmit provides a systematic account of the problems of reference, truth, and meaning in historical writing. He works from the conviction that the historicist account of historical writing, associated primarily with Leopold von Ranke and Wilhelm von Humboldt, is essentially correct but that its original idealist and romanticist idiom needs to be translated into more modern terms. Rehabilitating historicism for the contemporary philosophy of history, he argues, "reveals the basic truths about the nature of the past itself, how we relate to it, and how we make sense of the past in historical writing." At the heart of Ankersmit's project is a sharp distinction between interpretation and representation. The historical text, he holds, is first and foremost a representation of some part of the past, not an interpretation. The book's central chapters address the concept of historical representation from the perspectives of reference, truth, and meaning. Ankersmit then goes on to discuss the possible role of experience in the history writing, which leads directly to a consideration of subjectivity and ethics in the historian's practice. Ankersmit concludes with a chapter on political history, which he maintains is the "basis and condition of all other variants of historical writing." Ankersmit’s rehabilitation of historicism is a powerfully original and provocative contribution to the debate about the nature of historical writing.

Author : F. R. Ankersmit
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0804739803

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Historical Representation by F. R. Ankersmit Pdf

Focusing on the notion of representation and on the necessity of distinguishing between representation and description, this book argues that the traditional semantic apparatus of meaning, truth, and reference that we use for description must be redefined if we are to understand properly the nature of historical writing.

Author : Hendrikus Berkhof
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592446384

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Christ the Meaning of History by Hendrikus Berkhof Pdf

The core of the Bible, Berkhof argues, is the belief that the Kingdom of God is coming with power. This is the belief that the cross and resurrection are an analogy of the Christ-Event which is being realized throughout the world. Berkhof addresses non-theologians as well as fellow scholars. He is sure that the message of the Church is able to liberate and humanize.