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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Every society is an arena of social conflicts , and those individuals who range
themselves against existing authority are no less products and reflexions of the
society than those who uphold it . Richard II and Catherine the Great represented
...
Every society is an arena of social conflicts , and those individuals who range
themselves against existing authority are no less products and reflexions of the
society than those who uphold it . Richard II and Catherine the Great represented
...
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The great man is always representative either of existing forces or of forces which
he helps to create by way of challenge to existing authority . But the higher
degree of creativity may perhaps be assigned to those great men who , like
Cromwell ...
The great man is always representative either of existing forces or of forces which
he helps to create by way of challenge to existing authority . But the higher
degree of creativity may perhaps be assigned to those great men who , like
Cromwell ...
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... the cautious examples which he gives of its legitimate activities — “
constitutional reform " and " a tendency towards a greater equalization of
incomes " show plainly that it is intended to operate within the assumptions of our
existing society .
... the cautious examples which he gives of its legitimate activities — “
constitutional reform " and " a tendency towards a greater equalization of
incomes " show plainly that it is intended to operate within the assumptions of our
existing society .
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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 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 5. Juni 2008 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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