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THE SHAPE OF THE PAST
A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO HISTORY |
| By: |
Gordon Graham |
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Paperback |
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£38.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
019289255X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780192892553 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 February, 1997 |
| Series: |
OPUS |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
Can human history as a whole be interpreted in any meaningful way? Has there been real progress between stone age and space age? Does history repeat itself? Is there evidence of divine providence?Questions such as these have fascinated thinkers, and some of the greatest philosophers, notably Kant and Hegel, have turned their minds to philosophical history. As a branch of philosophy, however, it has received little attention in the analytical tradition. This pioneering work aims to bring the methods of analytical philosophy to the critical examination of some of these questions. The ideas of historical progress, cultural cycles, historical rupture, and God in history are all subjected tocareful analysis. Gordon Graham argues that, although unfashionable, the claim that history is the story of progress under the guidance of providence is one of the most plausible accounts of the shape of the past. |
| Synopsis: |
Can human history as a whole be interpreted in any meaningful way? Has there been real progress between stone age and space age? Does history repeat itself? Is there evidence of divine providence? Questions such as these have fascinated thinkers, and some of the greatest philosophers, notably Kant and Hegel, have turned their minds to philosophical history. As a branch of philosophy, however, it has received little attention in the analytical tradition. This pioneering work aims to bring the methods of analytical philosophy to the critical examination of some of these questions. In addition to Hegel and Kant, the discussion ranges over the writings of Augustine, Machiavelli, and Alasdair MacIntyre. The ideas of historical progress, secularization and the decline of religion, cultural cycles, historical rupture and God in history are all subjected to careful analysis. Gordon Graham argues that, although unfashionable, the claim that history is the story of progress under the guidance of providence is one of the most plausible accounts of the shape of the past. |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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