Telling the Truth about History"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist |
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... individual's attempt to understand nature and humankind through scientific as well as linguistic means, methods that have now been brought into every branch of learning. In the midst of so many repressive societies and governments, “the ...
... individual's attempt to understand nature and humankind through scientific as well as linguistic means, methods that have now been brought into every branch of learning. In the midst of so many repressive societies and governments, “the ...
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... individual as a cultural ideal. Where Immanuel Kant celebrated the emancipation of the individual mind from the fetters of prejudice and superstition, others have seen a more dangerous product. Critics on the right have seen this ...
... individual as a cultural ideal. Where Immanuel Kant celebrated the emancipation of the individual mind from the fetters of prejudice and superstition, others have seen a more dangerous product. Critics on the right have seen this ...
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... individuals, hence to the individualism of commercial society at its very origins. Built into the needs of the ... individual. None of these mores or institutions were compatible with the traditional society and institutions of the ...
... individuals, hence to the individualism of commercial society at its very origins. Built into the needs of the ... individual. None of these mores or institutions were compatible with the traditional society and institutions of the ...
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... individuals, and time thus passed, as it were, from the rulers and clergymen to the upper classes. Not until the 1860s did reliable cheap Swiss watches become available to the general population. 1 Not surprisingly, many of them were ...
... individuals, and time thus passed, as it were, from the rulers and clergymen to the upper classes. Not until the 1860s did reliable cheap Swiss watches become available to the general population. 1 Not surprisingly, many of them were ...
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Contents
History Makes a Nation | |
Competing Histories of America | |
Discovering the Clay Feet of Science | |
Postmodernism and the Crisis of Modernity | |
Truth and Objectivity | |
The Future of History | |
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Telling the Truth about History Joyce Oldham Appleby,Lynn Hunt,Lynn Avery Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob Limited preview - 1994 |
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