The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

The Muse of History and the Science of Culture PDF Author: Robert L. Carneiro
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306471795
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Book Description
Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a `chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with `meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.