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Reconciling ancient and modern philosophies of history / edited by Aaron Turner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trends in classics - pathways of reception ; 3.
- Trends in classics - pathways of reception ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography--History.
- Historiography.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 372 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: Reconciling Ancient and Modern Philosophies of History
- Part I: Awakening Ancient Historical Consciousness
- The Territory of the Historian in Antiquity
- Just Forces: Heidegger, Arendt and Antiquity
- On not Being Modern: Exploring Historical Ontology with Bruno Latour
- Truth, Method and the Historian's Character: The Epistemic Virtues of Greek and Roman Historians
- The Universal in the Particular: A Core Dilemma of Historicism in Antiquity
- Part II: Transcending Representation and Reality
- Teleology with a Human Face: 'Sideshadowing' and its Effects in Tacitus' Treatment of Germanicus (Annals 1-2)
- Minding the Gap: Mimetic Imperfection and the Historiographical Enterprise
- The Life of the Biographer: Plutarch's Presence in Sulla, Antony and Otho
- Demos, Democracy and Method: Political Trust and the Science of Suspicion
- Part III: Antiquating Modernity
- Walter Benjamin and Greek Historiography
- When Augustus met Adorno: Class, Mimesis and Restoring the Past
- Teleology and the Experience of History
- The Limits of Progress and the Modern Problem of Historical Meaning
- Thucydides and the Historiography of the Future
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 04, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Turner, Aaron Reconciling Ancient and Modern Philosophies of History
- ISBN:
- 9783110627305
- 3110627302
- 9783110627466
- 3110627469
- Publisher Number:
- 40030337311
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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