This volume investigates the different attitudes of historians and other social scientists to questions of causality. It argues that historical theorists after the linguistic turn have paid surprisingly little attention to causes in spite of the centrality of causation in many contemporary works of history.
This volume investigates the different attitudes of historians and other social scientists to questions of causality. It argues that historical theori...
The period between 1917 and 1957, starting with the birth of the USSR and the American intervention in the First World War and ending with the Treaty of Rome, is of the utmost importance for contextualizing and understanding the intellectual origins of the European Community. During this time of 'crisis, ' many contemporaries, especially intellectuals, felt they faced a momentous decision which could bring about a radically different future. The understanding of what Europe was and what it should be was questioned in a profound way, forcing Europeans to react. The idea of a specifically...
The period between 1917 and 1957, starting with the birth of the USSR and the American intervention in the First World War and ending with the Tre...
Mark Hewitson reassesses the relationship between politics and the nation during a crucial period in order to answer the question of when, how and why the process of unification began in Germany. He focuses on how the national question was articulated in the public sphere by the press, political writers and key political organizations.
Mark Hewitson reassesses the relationship between politics and the nation during a crucial period in order to answer the question of when, how and why...
"Overall...this collection offers a broad spectrum of intellectual historical research on Europe. It therefore does not only appeal to historians who are working on the history of images of Europe specially in the first half of the 20th century but also to all those who are interested in approaches and methods of Anglo-American intellectual historians." - H-Soz-u-Kult
"The contributions are of a high standard... In almost all cases there was much that is new and interesting. There is more than enough substance, interest and range for this to be an effective contribution." - Peter Stirk,...
"Overall...this collection offers a broad spectrum of intellectual historical research on Europe. It therefore does not only appeal to historians w...
