How do we know what happened in the past? We cannot go back, and no amount of historical data can enable us to understand with absolute certainty what life was like -then.- It is easy to demolish the very idea of historical knowing, but it is impossible to demolish the importance of historical knowing. In an age of cable television pundits and anonymous bloggers dueling over history, the value of owning history increases at the same time as our confidence in history as a way of knowing crumbles. Historical knowledge thus presents a paradox -- the more it is required, the less reliable it...
How do we know what happened in the past? We cannot go back, and no amount of historical data can enable us to understand with absolute certainty w...
How do we know what happened in the past? We cannot go back, and no amount of historical data can enable us to understand with absolute certainty what life was like -then.- It is easy to demolish the very idea of historical knowing, but it is impossible to demolish the importance of historical knowing. In an age of cable television pundits and anonymous bloggers dueling over history, the value of owning history increases at the same time as our confidence in history as a way of knowing crumbles. Historical knowledge thus presents a paradox -- the more it is required, the less reliable it...
How do we know what happened in the past? We cannot go back, and no amount of historical data can enable us to understand with absolute certainty w...
Through a series of engaging portraits of the actors involved, Uncivil Warriors shows show that a central contributing factor to the war's legalistic character was the influence of the lawyers-making ours a civil war by lawyers, of lawyers, and in the end, for lawyers.
Through a series of engaging portraits of the actors involved, Uncivil Warriors shows show that a central contributing factor to the war's legalistic ...
