Idea of History - print on demand

The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood. Published posthumously in 1946, it 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. It also makes available for the first time some of Collingwood's lectures on the philosophy of history - essential for a fuller understanding of his thought, and in particular for the interpretation of The Idea of History itself.

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• Authors: R. G. Collingwood, R.g. Collingwood, Collingwood R. G., W. J. Van Der Dussen
• Assisted by: Jan Van Der Dussen (Editor), Jan van der (Professor of History and Philosophy Dussen (Editor), Jan van der Dussen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.1994
• EAN: 9780192853066
• ISBN: 978-0-19-285306-6
• No. of pages: 564
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; History of Ideas, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, History: theory and methods