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Zusatztext 'This is a powerfully argued book which will feed debate. Its position is carefully and systematically worked out and very clearly presented! with frequent apt! detailed! accessible and extremely helpful examples.' - Political Studies Informationen zum Autor M.C.Lemon is Lecturer in History at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. Klappentext Although much has been written of the nature of history and its disciplinary problems, less attention has been paid to the history of thought. M.C. Lemon's rigorously philosophical work first re-asserts the discipline of history in general as narrative based, before pursuing the methodological implications for the history of thought.This original work of scholarship will raise the level of argument in philosophy of history and provoke debate among historians, philosophers, and political theorists. Zusammenfassung This rigorously philosophical work will raise the level of argument in philosophy of history and provoke debate among historians, philosophers, and political theorists. `.. analytical philosophy at its best.' - Henry Tudor, University of Durham. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 WHAT IS HISTORY? 2 THE STRUCTURE OF NARRATIVE 3 THE PRACTISING HISTORIAN 4 HISTORY AND THEORY 5 THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT
