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The Idea of History

R.G. Collingwood

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The Idea of History is the best-known book of the Oxford philosopher, historian & archeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from his manuscripts, many of which are now lost.
Preface
Introduction. The philosophy of history; History's nature, object, method & value; The problem of parts I-IV
1. Greco-Roman historiography
Theocratic history & myth; The creation of scientific history by Herodotus; Anti-historical tendency of Greek thought; Greek conception of history's nature & value; Greek historical method & its limitations; Herodotus & Thucydides; The Hellenistic period; Polybius; Livy & Tacitus; Character of Greco-Roman historiography: humanism; substantialism
2. The influence of Christianity
The leaven of Christian ideas; Characteristics of Christian historiography; Medieval historiography; The Renaissance historians; Descartes; Cartesian historiography; Anti-Cartesianism: Vico; Locke, Berkeley & Hume; The Enlightenment; The science of human nature
3. The threshold of scientific history
Romanticism; Herder; Kant; Schiller; Fichte; Schelling; Hegel; Hegel & Marx; Positivism
4. Scientific history
England; Germany; France; Italy
5. Epilegomena. Human nature & human history; The historical imagination; Historical evidence; History as reenactment of past experience; The subject-matter of history; History & freedom; Progress as created by historical thinking
Index

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: December 31, 1956

ISBN: 0195002059

ISBN 13: 9780195002058

The Idea of History

R.G. Collingwood

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Idea of History is the best-known book of the Oxford philosopher, historian & archeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from his manuscripts, many of which are now lost.
Preface
Introduction. The philosophy of history; History's nature, object, method & value; The problem of parts I-IV
1. Greco-Roman historiography
Theocratic history & myth; The creation of scientific history by Herodotus; Anti-historical tendency of Greek thought; Greek conception of history's nature & value; Greek historical method & its limitations; Herodotus & Thucydides; The Hellenistic period; Polybius; Livy & Tacitus; Character of Greco-Roman historiography: humanism; substantialism
2. The influence of Christianity
The leaven of Christian ideas; Characteristics of Christian historiography; Medieval historiography; The Renaissance historians; Descartes; Cartesian historiography; Anti-Cartesianism: Vico; Locke, Berkeley & Hume; The Enlightenment; The science of human nature
3. The threshold of scientific history
Romanticism; Herder; Kant; Schiller; Fichte; Schelling; Hegel; Hegel & Marx; Positivism
4. Scientific history
England; Germany; France; Italy
5. Epilegomena. Human nature & human history; The historical imagination; Historical evidence; History as reenactment of past experience; The subject-matter of history; History & freedom; Progress as created by historical thinking
Index

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: December 31, 1956

ISBN: 0195002059

ISBN 13: 9780195002058

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