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A Usable Past
- Essays in European Cultural History
Engelsk Paperback
A Usable Past
- Essays in European Cultural History
Engelsk Paperback

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The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the teaching of history. The essays in A Usable Past are unified by a set of common concerns. William Bouwsma has always resisted the pretensions to science that have shaped much recent historical scholarship and made the work of historians increasingly specialized and inaccessible to lay readers. Following Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that since history is a kind of public utility, historical research should contribute to the self-understanding of society.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
460
ISBN-13:
9780520069909
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0520069900
Udg. Dato:
27 jun 1990
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of California Press
Oplagsdato:
27 jun 1990
Forfatter(e):
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