The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

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...

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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.
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505 0 |a The Philosophy of History -- The Changing Faces of History -- The Thorny Thickets of History -- What Drives the Engine of History? -- The Great Man and Ideas as Prime Movers -- How to Turn History into Science -- The Culture Process and Its Determinants -- Are There Laws of History? -- Proposed Laws of Culture. 
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