History

John Vincent (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2005
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-8542-7 (ISBN)

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John Vincent has often been accused of political incorrectness, but never in his writings about history. In this controversial and thought-provoking study of history, Professor Vincent goes to the very heart of the complex issues raised by the subject. In 1928 Bernard Shaw wrote his "Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism". Nearly 70 years later, in a simliarly polemical tract, Vincent makes no such concessions to feminist sensibilities or to the politics of the left. The text provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophy and evolution of history. It explores notions of historical evidence, meaning, the concept of historical imagination, morality and history, causality and bias, and hindsight. This is a controversial work by a leading historian. Penetrating, incisive and always provocative, History will be a vital text for the scholar and a stimulating guide for the general reader.

John Vincent is Professor of History at the University of Bristol, the author of An Intelligent Person's Guide to History, and a regular contributor to Spectator and Daily Mail.

History and Evidence; History and Meaning: What Meaning Means; Historical imagination: Why Collingwood matters; History an Morality; 'Kings and Battles': Holocaust Blindness and the Heritage School; Causes in History; Bias in History; The Whig Interpretation of History: Why Butterfield Matters; History as Structure: Why Namier matters; Theories about the Past; The Evolution of Historical Study: Bede to Acton; Economic History; Modern Schools of History

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.3.2005
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	220 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
ISBN-10	0-8264-8542-1 / 0826485421
ISBN-13	978-0-8264-8542-7 / 9780826485427
Zustand	Neuware