Why history? : a history / Donald Bloxham.
By: Bloxham, Donald [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (416 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191890840 (ebook) :Subject(s): Historiography | History -- PhilosophyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198858720DDC classification: 907.2 LOC classification: D13Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to illustrate the purposes that their historical investigations have served. At the core of this work, whether it is addressing Herodotus, medieval religious exegesis, or twentieth-century cultural history, is the way that the present has been conceived to relate to the past. Alongside many changes in technique and philosophy, Donald Bloxham's book reveals striking long-term continuities in justifications for the discipline.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to illustrate the purposes that their historical investigations have served. At the core of this work, whether it is addressing Herodotus, medieval religious exegesis, or twentieth-century cultural history, is the way that the present has been conceived to relate to the past. Alongside many changes in technique and philosophy, Donald Bloxham's book reveals striking long-term continuities in justifications for the discipline.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 4, 2020).