A usable past : essays in European cultural history / / William J. Bouwsma
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| Autore: |
Bouwsma William J.
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| Titolo: |
A usable past : essays in European cultural history / / William J. Bouwsma
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1990] |
| ©1990 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 901 |
| Soggetto topico: | History - Philosophy |
| Soggetto geografico: | Europe Civilization |
| Soggetto non controllato: | 17th century |
| academic | |
| civilization | |
| cultural history | |
| cultural studies | |
| essay anthology | |
| essay collection | |
| european culture | |
| european history | |
| historian | |
| historical research | |
| historical | |
| historiography | |
| law | |
| lawyers | |
| legal issues | |
| metaphysical | |
| middle ages | |
| nietzsche | |
| politics | |
| reformation | |
| renaissance | |
| research | |
| scholarly | |
| secular world | |
| secular | |
| social history | |
| social studies | |
| society | |
| western culture | |
| western world | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Polarities of Western Culture -- II. The Durable Renaissance -- III. History and Historians -- IV. Essays in Applied History -- V. Coda -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the teaching of history. The essays in A Usable Past are unified by a set of common concerns. William Bouwsma has always resisted the pretensions to science that have shaped much recent historical scholarship and made the work of historians increasingly specialized and inaccessible to lay readers. Following Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that since history is a kind of public utility, historical research should contribute to the self-understanding of society. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A usable past |
| ISBN: | 1-282-75861-6 |
| 9786612758614 | |
| 0-520-91014-1 | |
| 0-585-14768-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910495868703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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