The meaning of history : reflections on Spengler, Toynbee, and Kant / Henry A. Kissinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy.

History.

Genre:

History -- Philosophy.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 279 pages ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Reflections on Spengler, Toynbee, and Kant

Place of Publication:

Stockholm, Sweden : Bokförlaget Stolpe ; [Stockholm] : Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit ; Washington, D.C. : Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University SAIS, [2021]

Contents:

I. The argument : introduction and summary

II. History as intuition : Spengler

III. History as an empirical science : Toynbee

IV. History and man's experience of morality : Kant

V. The sense of responsibility

Appendix : The concepts of meaning.

Notes:

"The main text of this book was submitted by Henry A. Kissinger as his senior honors undergraduate thesis in fulfillment of an AB degree in political science, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University, 1950. This is the first time the thesis has been published. The original manuscript resides in the Harvard Library catalog, HOLLIS no. 990037440130203941."--Title page verso.

Includes bibligraphical references (pages 255-263) and index.

ISBN:

9780578726960

0578726963

OCLC:

1294515703