Review: What is history?
Redaktioneller Bericht - Kirkus ReviewsF. H. Carr is a liberal of the social planning ?? and a leftist of the ?? variety. In these University of Cambridge lectures his opinions are ?? qualified and his ?? shaded; concerned with ""What is History?"", Mr. Carr ?? a large and learned subject, unruffled wisdom and the stance of a somewhat ??. For Mr. Carr is ?? shocked by anything; if he is he's more so via unemployment than the ?? Among other things we learn in history the point of view is ?? relative to the observer; fights are never between abstract ideas: ""individuals"" and ""society"" do not struggle, only their representative groups do; politics begin, as ??, said, where the masses are; no absolute laws exist and science is essentially reciprocal; all hypotheses crystallize further thinking. Mr. Carr relies more on Freud, Marx and Progress than Toynbee's cyclical theories, which are a characteristic ideology of a society in decline. Nor does Mr. Carr make the conservative rejection of programmes and ideals; be merely rejects Namier, Popper and other representatives of the new conservative revival. Though his intellectual tour is crisp, consequential and ??, it is not nearly so crackling as his previous The New Society. But it does answer his question exhaustively.
Review: What Is History?
Nutzerbericht - Marc L - GoodreadsThis book contains 6 lectures Carr gave, back in 1961. So, it has a certain stamp of time. But nevertheless, I was very pleased about the value of Carr's opinions. These treat about the methodology of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Samina Sultana - GoodreadsGood facts about historical research and the process of inquiry into events in history. Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Richard Hughes - GoodreadsBelieve it or not, this book is a best seller. To date, it has sold nearly one quarter of a million copies. 'What is History?' is over 50 years old and is still indispensable reading for historians ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Daniel Nilsson - GoodreadsA seminal work on historiography. A must read for any one even remotely interested in historical theory. Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Ed - GoodreadsGreat read - lucid, often entertaining and not afraid to be controversial. You'd want to be into historiography, but this is a good addition to help put the state of the debate in the second half of ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Mary - GoodreadsCarr's lectures on his philosophy of history are somewhat aggravating to read. Near the beginning of each lecture/essay, he'll say something at odds with common sense. And then over the next 10 or 20 ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Paul - GoodreadsOne of the most interesting books I've read in a long time. Thoroughly enjoyed Carr's turn of phrase and occasional cheeky jabs at Karl Popper. His progressive approach to historiography and disdain ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - Ricardo Ribeiro - GoodreadsI am now 47 years, and I read this one when I was 20. It was in my first university (or college, if you are American) and its reading marked me deeply. It came with the emotion of the first really ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: What Is History?
Nutzerbericht - GoodreadsRead this for a class, but it is an extremely useful book form an outside on history and historiography!
