Historics : why history dominates contemporary society / / Martin L. Davies.
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Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | viii, 287 p. |
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Other title: | Getting at what is behind history -- The already historicized world -- The concept of historics -- Historical illusions -- The logic of "sense" -- A sense of history -- Theme -- History and indiscriminate interests -- The cultural politics of distinction -- Historics -- History and sentience -- The organic conception of history -- 'The common denominator of all our sensibilities' -- 'The anguish secreted by human infirmity' -- Comprehension and history -- Apprehension and history -- Historical knowledge -- The 'prosthesis god' -- Neither art nor science -- Historical discourse -- Phantom experiences -- History as a sense-management system -- The faith of fallen Jews -- Homo studiosus -- History as symbolic re-enactment -- Coda. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-279) and index. |
ISBN: | 0415261651 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415261654 (hardback : alk. paper) 041526166X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780415261661 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780415361654 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martin L. Davies. |