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UNINA9910821790103321 |
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Autore |
Davies Martin L |
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Titolo |
Historics : why history dominates contemporary society / / Martin L. Davies |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-50677-5 |
1-281-15768-6 |
9786611157685 |
0-203-96421-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History - Philosophy |
History - Psychological aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-279) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Getting at what is behind history -- The already historicized world -- The concept of historics -- Historical illusions -- The logic of "sense" -- A sense of history -- Theme -- History and indiscriminate interests -- The cultural politics of distinction -- Historics -- History and sentience -- The organic conception of history -- 'The common denominator of all our sensibilities' -- 'The anguish secreted by human infirmity' -- Comprehension and history -- Apprehension and history -- Historical knowledge -- The 'prosthesis god' -- Neither art nor science -- Historical discourse -- Phantom experiences -- History as a sense-management system -- The faith of fallen Jews -- Homo studiosus -- History as symbolic re-enactment -- Coda. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From an author at the forefront of research in this area comes this provocative and seminal work that presents a unique and fresh new look at history and theory.Taking a broadly European view, the book draws on works of French and German philosophy, some of which are unknown to the English-speaking world, and Martin L. Davies spells out what it is like to live in a historicized world, where any event is presented as historical as, or even before, it happens.Challenging basic assumptions made by historians, Davies focuses on historical ideas and |
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