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A Usable Past - Essays in European Cultural History (Hardcover, New ed)
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A Usable Past - Essays in European Cultural History (Hardcover, New ed)
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The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about
the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume
concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a
lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. "A
Usable Past" is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as
political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical
conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to
Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the
contributions of particular professional groups to European
civilization, and the teaching of history.The essays in "A Usable
Past" are unified by a set of common concerns. William Bouwsma has
always resisted the pretensions to science that have shaped much
recent historical scholarship and made the work of historians
increasingly specialized and inaccessible to lay readers. Following
Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that since history is a kind of
public utility, historical research should contribute to the
self-understanding of society.
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