The Theory and Practice of History : Edited with an introduction by Georg G. Iggers

ISBN-13: 9780415780322 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 200 str.

Leopold von Ranke;Georg G. Iggers;¬Abar

Opis

Leopold von Ranke, who was born in 1795, is considered to be one of the founders of the modern practice of writing history. This collection focuses on the relationship between history and religion together with his inaugural lecture of 1836 'On the Relation and Difference between History and Politics'.

Spis treści

Preface  Introduction  Bibliographical Note  Part 1: The Idealistic Theory of Historiography  Part 2: The Idealistic Theory of Historiography  Part 3: The Prefaces  Part 4: History of the Popes 

O autorze

Georg G. Iggers is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has published numerous influential works on historiography including his co-authored Global History of Historiography (2008) and Twentieth Century Historiography (2005). He has received many fellowships including the Guggenheim, the Rockefeller, the Newberry Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was also formerly a Fulbright fellow and a Woodrow Wilson Center fellow.