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Limits of History
Constantin Fasolt
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Description for Limits of History
Hardcover. Constantin Fasolt explores in this work the idea that history is supremely a political activity. He demonstrates that history presupposes highly political assumptions about free will, responsibility, and the relationship of the past to the present. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
History casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time.
So argues Constantin Fasolt in The Limits of History, an ambitious and pathbreaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus ... Read more
History casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time.
So argues Constantin Fasolt in The Limits of History, an ambitious and pathbreaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
347
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226239101
SKU
V9780226239101
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