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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Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob. To our students and our teachers Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms 1 The Heroic.
Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob. To our students and our teachers Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms 1 The Heroic.
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Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob. Contents. Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms 1 The Heroic Model of Science 2 Scientific History and the Idea of Modernity 3 History Makes a Nation PART TWO Absolutisms ...
Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob. Contents. Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE Intellectual Absolutisms 1 The Heroic Model of Science 2 Scientific History and the Idea of Modernity 3 History Makes a Nation PART TWO Absolutisms ...
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... foundations at the very time that those foundations themselves are being contested. In the decades since World War II the old intellectual absolutisms have been dethroned: science, scientific history, and history in Introduction.
... foundations at the very time that those foundations themselves are being contested. In the decades since World War II the old intellectual absolutisms have been dethroned: science, scientific history, and history in Introduction.
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... intellectual stance for the present that seeks to promote an ever more democratic society. To achieve this aim, it is essential to confront the perennial controversies over national history, scientific integrity, and the possibility of ...
... intellectual stance for the present that seeks to promote an ever more democratic society. To achieve this aim, it is essential to confront the perennial controversies over national history, scientific integrity, and the possibility of ...
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... intellectual. Denis Diderot, one of the leaders of the Enlightenment, insisted, “All things must be examined, all must be winnowed and sifted without exception and without sparing anyone's sensibilities.” In the new age announced by ...
... intellectual. Denis Diderot, one of the leaders of the Enlightenment, insisted, “All things must be examined, all must be winnowed and sifted without exception and without sparing anyone's sensibilities.” In the new age announced by ...
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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