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The Truth of History (Hardcover): C. Behan McCullagh

The Truth of History (Hardcover)

C. Behan McCullagh

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Modern relativism and postmodern thought in culture and language challenge the "truth" of history. This book considers how all historians, confined by the concepts and forms of argument of their own cultures, can still discover truths about the past.
The Truth of History presents a study of various historical explanations and interpretations and evaluates their success as accounts of the past. C. Behan McCullagh contests that the variety of historical interpretations and subjectivity does not exclude the possibility of their truth.
Far from debating in the abstract and philosophical only, the author beds his argument in numerous illuminating concrete historical examples. The Truth of History explores a new position between the two extremes of believing that history perfectly represents the past and that history can tell us nothing true of the past.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 1997
First published: 1998
Authors: C. Behan McCullagh
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-17110-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
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LSN: 0-415-17110-5
Barcode: 9780415171106

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