What is History?A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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But the attempt to avoid generalization and interpretation by confining oneself to so - called “ technical ” problems of enumeration and analysis is merely to become the unconscious apologist of a static society .
But the attempt to avoid generalization and interpretation by confining oneself to so - called “ technical ” problems of enumeration and analysis is merely to become the unconscious apologist of a static society .
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... monkey - bite that killed King Alexander , the death of Lenin — these were accidents which modified the course of history . It is futile to attempt to spirit them away , or to pretend that in some way or other they had no effect .
... monkey - bite that killed King Alexander , the death of Lenin — these were accidents which modified the course of history . It is futile to attempt to spirit them away , or to pretend that in some way or other they had no effect .
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attempt to reduce the whole of experience ” to a symmetrical order , and that the presence of accident in history dooms any such attempt to failure . But no sane historian pretends to do anything so fantastic as to embrace “ the whole ...
attempt to reduce the whole of experience ” to a symmetrical order , and that the presence of accident in history dooms any such attempt to failure . But no sane historian pretends to do anything so fantastic as to embrace “ the whole ...
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THE HISTORIAN AND His Facts | 3 |
SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 36 |
HISTORY SCIENCE AND MORALITY | 70 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | What is History? A Borzoi book George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures The George Macaulay lectures, 1961 Trevelyan lectures |
| Autor/in | Edward Hallett Carr |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Knopf, 1962 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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