The muse of history and the science of culture /

• Main Author: Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard), 1927-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers, �2002.
• Subjects: History > Philosophy.; Ethnology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Historiography.; HISTORY > General.; Electronic books.

Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a `chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with `meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers a...