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Hermeneutics, history and memory / Philip Gardner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, Philip, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ricur, Paul.
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- History--Methodology.
- History--Research.
- History--Sources.
- Hermeneutics.
- Memory.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, c2010.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- History is the true record of an absent past. The trust between historians and their readers has always been founded upon this traditional claim. In a postmodern world, that claim and that trust have both been challenged as never before, drawing either angry or apologetic responses from historians.Hermeneutics, History and Memory answers differently. It sees the sceptical challenge as an opportunity for reflection on history's key processes and practices, and draws upon methodological resources that are truly history's own, but from which it has become estranged. In seeking
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 History: Challenges and detours; Chapter 2 History and hermeneutics; Chapter 3 History, hermeneutics and Ricoeur; Chapter 4 History and memory; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-26162-4
- 1-134-26163-2
- 1-282-57197-4
- 9786612571978
- 0-203-86012-8
- 9780203860120
- OCLC:
- 609691805
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