What Is History For?: Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography
Arthur Alfaix Assis
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Hardback. A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and a professional practice. Arthur Alfaix Assis interprets Droysen’s theoretical project as an attempt to redefine the function of historiography within the context of a rising criticism of exemplar theories of history, and focuses on Droysen’s claim that the goal underlying historical writing and reading should be the development of the subjective capacity to think historically. In addition, Assis examines ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Making Sense of History
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782382485
SKU
V9781782382485
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99-15
About Arthur Alfaix Assis
Arthur Alfaix Assisis Assistant Professor of the Theory and Methodology of History at the University of Brasília.
Reviews for What Is History For?: Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography
“Assis offers the reader a wide panorama of German historiography during the nineteenth century, centering on the debates about historicism, a dominant paradigm for German historical knowledge in the nineteenth century, and in the reformulation of pragmatic value for historiography. Arthur Assis' work is therefore not only directed at specialists or at researchers of Droysen's work, but at all those ... Read more