La 4e de couv. indique : "What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? 'Why History? A History' contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived t…
What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? 'Why History? A History' contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to il…
What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to illu…
This work focuses on the convergence of history, philosophy and social science, tackling a wide range of topics such as truth, objectivity, explanation, communication and narrative, gender, deconstruction, postmodernism, and more. --From publisher's description.
