1st Edition

Hermeneutics, History and Memory

By Philip Gardner Copyright 2010
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

History is the true record of an absent past. The trust between historians and their readers has always been founded upon this traditional claim. In a postmodern world, that claim and that trust have both been challenged as never before, drawing either angry or apologetic responses from historians. Hermeneutics, History and Memory answers differently. It sees the sceptical challenge as an... Read more

Selected Contents: Acknowledgements  Introduction  Chapter 1. History: Challenges and Detours  Chapter 2. History and Hermeneutics  Chapter 3. History, Hermeneutics and Ricoeur  Chapter 4. History and Memory  Conclusion

Biography

Philip Gardner is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.