Historics : why history dominates contemporary society / / Martin L. Davies.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Davies, Martin L.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 287 p.
• 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.
• 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.