226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Historical study has traditionally been built around the placement of the human at the center of inquiry. The de-stabilized concepts of the human in contemporary thought challenge this configuration. However, the ways in which these challenges provoke new historical perspectives both expand and enrich historical study but are also weak and vulnerable in their concept of the human, lacking or... Read more
Introduction 1.A Moral Turn 2. Personalism as a way to approach past actors 3. Philosophical issues in the philosophy of history 4. History: the long experience of moral obligation 5. A personalist philosophy of history
Biography
Bennett Gilbert is Senior Instructor in University Studies at Portland State University, USA.
"...the book constitutes a very learned effort to bring vital ideas for the future of the philosophy of history into the dialog. The philosophical background of the author is particularly steady, which is not always the case in this field, and the book raises problems whose solutions, or search for solutions, are not only of academic interest but contribute to our general understanding of what history and past are, as well as what our responsibilities are to our surroundings, extended to the past and the future. Hopefully, such concerns will not remain between theorists and philosophers of history but will “ring a bell” for practicing historians as well." - Theodor Pelekanidis, Metascience
