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Format: VIII, 287 S.

ISBN: 978-0-415-26166-1 , 978-0-415-26165-4 , 0-415-26165-1 , 0-415-26166-X

Note: Literaturverz. S. [259] - 279

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Geschichtsbewusstsein

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005002653-d.html

Author information: Davies, Martin L., 1948-

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Format: 1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780203964217

Content: From an author at the forefront of research in this area comes this provocative and seminal work that presents a unique and fresh new look at history and theory. Taking a broadly European view, the book draws on works of French and German philosophy, some of which are unknown to the English-speaking world, and Martin L. Davies spells out what it is like to live in a historicized world, where any event is presented as historical as, or even before, it happens. Challenging basic assumptions made by historians, Davies focuses on historical ideas and thought about the past instead of examining history as a discipline. The value of history in and for contemporary culture is explained not only in terms of cultural and institutional practices but in forms of writing and representation of historical issues too. Historics stimulates thinking about the behaviours and practice that constitute history, and introduces complex ideas in a clear and approachable style. This important text is recommended not only for a wide student audience, but for the more discerning general reader as well.

Content: Intro -- Halftitle: Historics -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A Sense of History Variations on a Theme from Nietzsche -- Theme -- Variation 1 -- Variation 2 -- Variation 3 -- Variation 4 -- Coda -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780415261654

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415261654

Additional Edition: Print version Historics Why History Dominates Contemporary Society

Language: English

URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=308570

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Format: 1 online resource (305 p.)

ISBN: 1-134-50677-5 , 1-281-15768-6 , 9786611157685 , 0-203-96421-7

Content: From an author at the forefront of research in this area comes this provocative and seminal work that presents a unique and fresh new look at history and theory.Taking a broadly European view, the book draws on works of French and German philosophy, some of which are unknown to the English-speaking world, and Martin L. Davies spells out what it is like to live in a historicized world, where any event is presented as historical as, or even before, it happens.Challenging basic assumptions made by historians, Davies focuses on historical ideas and thought about the past instead o

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Getting at what is behind history -- , The already historicized world -- , The concept of historics -- , Historical illusions -- , The logic of "sense" -- , A sense of history -- , Theme -- , History and indiscriminate interests -- , The cultural politics of distinction -- , Historics -- , History and sentience -- , The organic conception of history -- , 'The common denominator of all our sensibilities' -- , 'The anguish secreted by human infirmity' -- , Comprehension and history -- , Apprehension and history -- , Historical knowledge -- , The 'prosthesis god' -- , Neither art nor science -- , Historical discourse -- , Phantom experiences -- , History as a sense-management system -- , The faith of fallen Jews -- , Homo studiosus -- , History as symbolic re-enactment -- , Coda. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-26166-X

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-26165-1

Language: English