Chiel Akker, Chiel van den Akker, Chiel van den Akker, Chiel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Van Den Akker - Modern Idea of History and Its Value An Introduction

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Chiel Akker, Chiel van den Akker, Chiel van den Akker, Chiel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Van Den Akker

Modern Idea of History and Its Value
An Introduction

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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Chiel van den Akker is lecturer Historical Theory at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of Elementaire Deeltjes - Geschiedenis (Athenaeum 2019) and The Exemplifying Past. A Philosophy of History (Amsterdam University Press 2018). Klappentext This is an original and accessible introduction to the modern idea of history and its value, and an indispensable companion to the study of history and its philosophical underpinnings. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the use and abuse of history 2. The first historian 3. Historicism 4. Causes and reasons 5. Talent and insight 6. The historical sublime 7. Conclusion: the historian's responsibility.

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Authors Chiel van den Akker, Chiel Akker, Chiel van den Akker, Chiel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Van Den Akker
Publisher Amsterdam University Press
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 17.08.2020
Subject Humanities, art, music > History
 
EAN 9789463728331
ISBN 978-94-63-72833-1
Pages 170
 
Series Amsterdam University Press
 

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