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History: Its Purpose and Method (Routledge Library Editions: Historiography) - Softcover

Book 10 of 36: Routledge Library Editions: Historiography

Renier, G. J.

 
9781138645042: History: Its Purpose and Method (Routledge Library Editions: Historiography)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138645044 ISBN 13: 9781138645042
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

This treatise of historical methodology, originally published in 1950 is based upon a liberal conception of history which excludes no narrator of past events from the ranks of historians. It defines history as the accurate story which preserves the memory of the past experiences of human societies. The functionof history determines its method and provides the answer to the question: how secure is our knowledge of the past? In the author’s view, history is empirical and its results are for ever provisional. The relative merits of dogmatism and scepticism are examined and several interpretations among English historians are scrutinized.

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G. J. Renier

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138645044
ISBN 13 
9781138645042
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
274