Why History? Ethics and Postmodernity

Name: Why History? Ethics and Postmodernity
Price: 159.32 USD
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ISBN: 9780415206327

ISBN-10: 0415206324

ISBN-13: 9780415206327

Edition: 1999

Authors: Keith Jenkins

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Why History?is a compelling introduction to the issue of history and ethics. Designed to provoke discussion, the book asks whether and why a good knowledge and understanding of the past is desirable. In the context of current postmodern thinking, Keith Jenkins suggests that the goal of "learning lessons from the past" actually means learning lessons from stories written by historians and others. If the past as history has no foundation, can anything ethical be gained from history? Daring and controversial,Why History?presents liberating challenges to history and ethics, proposing that we have reached an emancipatory moment which is well beyond the "end of history."

Book details

List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/9/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.342