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Reconciling ancient and modern philosophies of history / edited by Aaron Turner.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Turner, Aaron, editor.
Walter de Gruyter & Co.
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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