UID:
almafu_9961601574702883
Format:
1 online resource (258 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2019
ISBN:
9780520304741
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0520304748
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9780520309814
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0520309812
Content:
"The chief business of twentieth-century philosophy" is "to reckon with twentieth-century history," claimed R. G. Collingwood. In this remarkable collection of essays, 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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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Introduction: Transcendentalism and the Rise and Fall of Metaphor --
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1. Six Theses on Narrativist Philosophy of History --
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2. The Dilemma of Contemporary Anglo-Saxon Philosophy of History --
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3. The Use of Language in the Writing of History --
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4. Historical Representation --
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5. The Reality Effect in the Writing of History: The Dynamics of Historiographical Topology --
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6. Historiography and Postmodernism --
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7. Historism and Postmodernism: A Phenomenology of Historical Experience --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520080454
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520080459
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520356467
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520356462
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520309814
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