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Moved by the Past: Discontinuity and Historical Mutation
Eelco Runia
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Description for Moved by the Past: Discontinuity and Historical Mutation
Hardback. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Historians go to great lengths to avoid confronting discontinuity, searching for explanations as to why such events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and the introduction of the euro logically develop from what came before. Moved by the Past radically breaks with this tradition of predating the past, incites us to fully acknowledge the discontinuous nature of discontinuities, and proposes to use the fact that history is propelled by unforeseeable leaps and bounds as a starting point for a truly evolutionary conception of history. Integrating research from a variety of disciplines, Eelco Runia ... Read more
Historians go to great lengths to avoid confronting discontinuity, searching for explanations as to why such events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and the introduction of the euro logically develop from what came before. Moved by the Past radically breaks with this tradition of predating the past, incites us to fully acknowledge the discontinuous nature of discontinuities, and proposes to use the fact that history is propelled by unforeseeable leaps and bounds as a starting point for a truly evolutionary conception of history. Integrating research from a variety of disciplines, Eelco Runia ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231168205
SKU
V9780231168205
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About Eelco Runia
Eelco Runia is a novelist and chair of the Centre for Metahistory at Groningen University in the Netherlands. His novels and essayistic work on the making and writing of history address the question of how and why humans habitually disrupt their lives by saddling themselves with accomplished facts of their own making.
Reviews for Moved by the Past: Discontinuity and Historical Mutation
A beautiful book, thought provoking and a pleasure to read. American Historical Review