Historical Consciousness: The Remembered Past

ISBN-13: 9781560007326 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 454 str.

John Lukacs

Opis

One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness. Consciously or not, history has become a form of thought applied to every facet of human experience; every field of human action can be studied, described, or understood through its history. In this extraordinary analysis of the meaning of the remembered past, John Lukacs discusses the evolution of historical consciousness since its first emergence about three centuries ago.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION, or the state of historical knowledge ( 1985) xxiii (1) What has happened to history lately? xxiii (2) Last stage of the decay of scientific history xxvii (3) The bureaucratization of historians xxx ( 4) What historians do with ideas xxxii (5) Emergence of a new historical philosophy I. OUR HISTORICAL CONDITION, or the evolution of historical thinking II. HISTORY IN THE DEMOCRATIC ACE, or the new texture of history III. FACTS AND FICTIONS, or describing the past IV. THINKING ABOUT CAUSEs, or the structure of events V. ABOUT HISTORICAL FACTORS, or the hierarchy of powers VI. THE REMEMBERED PAST, or the function of recognition VII. HISTORY AND PHYSICS, or the end of the Modem Age VIII. CONCLUSION, or participant historical knowledge (1985)

O autorze

Lukacs John (Author) Kirk Russell (Author)