03074nam 2200613 a 450 991082179010332120230828233455.01-134-50677-51-281-15768-697866111576850-203-96421-7(CKB)1000000000405688(EBL)308570(OCoLC)316143905(SSID)ssj0000171882(PQKBManifestationID)11155929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171882(PQKBWorkID)10150139(PQKB)10818317(MiAaPQ)EBC308570(Au-PeEL)EBL308570(CaPaEBR)ebr10227197(CaONFJC)MIL115768(OCoLC)191703361(EXLCZ)99100000000040568820050202d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHistorics why history dominates contemporary society /Martin L. DaviesLondon ;New York Routledge20061 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-26166-X 0-415-26165-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-279) and index.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.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 thought about the past instead oHistoryPhilosophyHistoryPsychological aspectsHistoryPhilosophy.HistoryPsychological aspects.90115.01bclDavies Martin L473158MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821790103321Historics227770UNINA