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The primacy of method in historical research : philosophy of history and the perspective of meaning / Jonas Ahlskog.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge approaches to history ; vol. 40Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021Description: 209 pages; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367642907
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: The primacy of method in historical researchDDC classification:
  • 23 907.2 AHP 2021
Summary: "How does history relate to the past? According to leading historical theorists, the relation to the past in history is reducible to evidential, psychological, practical and retrospective concerns. In contrast, this volume claims that historical relations to the past are irreducible products of the logical commitments of history as method. Ahlskog argues that the method of history shapes and enables relations to past in historical research by invoking past perspectives of meaning for rendering reality intelligible. The book provides a much-needed philosophical clarification of key concepts in one of the most fundamental debates within the humanities today"--
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Books Central Library, University of Rajshahi Reading Room Non-fiction 907.2 AHP 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan BDT B58957
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"How does history relate to the past? According to leading historical theorists, the relation to the past in history is reducible to evidential, psychological, practical and retrospective concerns. In contrast, this volume claims that historical relations to the past are irreducible products of the logical commitments of history as method. Ahlskog argues that the method of history shapes and enables relations to past in historical research by invoking past perspectives of meaning for rendering reality intelligible. The book provides a much-needed philosophical clarification of key concepts in one of the most fundamental debates within the humanities today"--

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