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Truth, Morality, and Meaning in History (Paperback)
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Truth, Morality, and Meaning in History (Paperback)
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In this important new book, Paul T. Phillips argues that most
professional historians - aside from a relatively small number
devoted to theory and methodology - have concerned themselves with
particular, specialized areas of research, thereby ignoring the
fundamental questions of truth, morality, and meaning. This is less
so in the thriving general community of history enthusiasts beyond
academia, and may explain, in part at least, history's sharp
decline as a subject of choice by students in recent years.
Phillips sees great dangers resulting from the thinking of extreme
relativists and postmodernists on the futility of attaining
historical truth, especially in the age of "post-truth." He also
believes that moral judgment and the search for meaning in history
should be considered part of the discipline's mandate. In each
section of this study, Phillips outlines the nature of individual
issues and past efforts to address them, including approaches
derived from other disciplines. This book is a call to action for
all those engaged in the study of history to direct more attention
to the fundamental questions of truth, morality, and meaning.
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