[This book] is a ... reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. [The book] offers a compelling framework for understanding history, science, and man's capacity for self-knowledge. In [the book, the author] describes how we in the Western world have now been…
At the End of an Age is a deeply informed and rewarding reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Of extraordinary philosophical, religious, and historical scope, it is the product of a great historian's lifetime of thought on the subject of his discipline…
"At the End of an Age is a reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Of extraordinary philosophical, religious, and historical scope, it is the product of a great historian's lifetime of thought on the subject of his discipline and the human condition. Whi…
¿Cuántos años duró el siglo XX? ¿Qué potencia ha definido la historia de este siglo? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre 'estado' y 'nación'? ¿Qué grandes imperios desaparecieron tras la Primera Guerra Mundial? Toda África era en 1914 colonia europea, excepto dos países. ¿Cuáles? ¿Cuán…