The idea of history : with lectures 1926-1928/ R G Collingwood; W J van der Dussen.

By:

Collingwood, R. G

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1994.Description: liii, 510 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9780199641291

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DDC classification:

901 COL

Contents:

I. Greco-Roman historiography. II. The influence of Christianity. III. The threshold of scientific history. IV. Scientific history. V. Epilegomena.

Summary: The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood. This important work examines how the idea of history has evolved from the time of Herodotus to the twentieth century, and offers Collingwood's own view of what history is. This revised edition has a substantial new introduction which discusses how scholars have responded to Collingwood's classic over the last fifty years.

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	General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography		Non-fiction		901 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			41743
	General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography		Non-fiction		901 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			30123

I. Greco-Roman historiography. II. The influence of Christianity. III. The threshold of scientific history. IV. Scientific history. V. Epilegomena.

The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood. This important work examines how the idea of history has evolved from the time of Herodotus to the twentieth century, and offers Collingwood's own view of what history is. This revised edition has a substantial new introduction which discusses how scholars have responded to Collingwood's classic over the last fifty years.

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