The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Carneiro, Robert L. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; History.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; History, general.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XI, 307 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9780306471797

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 answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.