The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

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Springer Science & Business Media, 30 apr 2000 - 307 pagine
Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a `chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with `meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.
 

Sommario

A BONE
1
THE CHANGING FACES OF HISTORY
13
THE THORNY THICKETS OF HISTORY
47
WHAT DRIVES THE ENGINE OF HISTORY? RACE
83
THE GREAT MAN AND IDEAS AS PRIME MOVERS
109
How To TURN HISTORY INTO SCIENCE
145
THE CULTURE PROCESS AND ITS DETERMINANTS
177
ARE THERE LAWS OF HISTORY?
199
PROPOSED LAWS OF CULTURE
233
SELECTED LIST
257
INDEX
289
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