On Historical Distance

Mark Salber Phillips (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2015
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-21387-4 (ISBN)

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Conceptions of distance are foundational to historical thought, but Mark Salber Phillips gives the idea new subtlety and meaning. He argues that distance is a matter not just of time and space but also of form, affect, ideology, and understanding. In this exceptionally wide-ranging study, Phillips examines Renaissance, Enlightenment, and contemporary histories, as well as a broad spectrum of historical genres—including local history, literary history, counter-factual fiction, history painting, and museology.

“On Historical Distance is a fascinating and very important book that should be read by all historians. Beautifully written in elegant, economical and engaging prose, the book wears its considerable learning very lightly. A deeply original, challenging and thought-provoking study of the evolving history of history by one of our leading historians of historiography, this book should provoke a lively debate among historians and should be assigned as essential reading for classes on historical methods and historiography.”—John Marshall, John Hopkins University

Mark Salber Phillips is professor of history at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.4.2015
Zusatzinfo	10 color + 30 b-w illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 227 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
ISBN-10	0-300-21387-5 / 0300213875
ISBN-13	978-0-300-21387-4 / 9780300213874
Zustand	Neuware