This essay has grown out of an attempt to find the answers to
problems basically inherent in the making of historical re search.
Widespread among humanists is a vagueness of con cepts which many
times makes it difficult or impossible to translate our way of
thinking into the terms of natural science or vice versa. It
sounds, sometimes, as if humanistic studies were a world of its
own, rather than a part of the natural world we all1ive in. How
long can we go on believing that there are different kinds of
knowledge ~ To this conflict of theory, another is added: a feeling
of urgency about cultural problems that are too often left to the
future to solve. History is not, as some natural scientists tend to
believe, a matter of no practical consequence. It is a virulent
factor in political and social conflicts and a basic substance in
the structure of our personalities. The present dynamic epoch
raises with particular stress the problem of understanding the
conditioning influence which the past exercises upon the present in
each particular community. Such a substance is neither a toy for
pastime hobbies nor an innocent weapon in the hands of dictators.
Which is, then, the responsibility of the historian, both for what
he does and for what he abstains from doing ~ The necessity to stay
independent in order to approach objectivity makes for no easy
answer.
General
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Release date: |
July 1969 |
| First published: |
1960 |
| Authors: |
Folke Dovring
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
97 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1960 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-247-0333-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
90-247-0333-6 |
| Barcode: |
9789024703333 |
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