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A Usable Past
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Author : William J. Bouwsma
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-06-27
A Usable Past written by William J. Bouwsma and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-06-27 with History categories.
The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the teaching of history. The essays in A Usable Past are unified by a set of common concerns. William Bouwsma has always resisted the pretensions to science that have shaped much recent historical scholarship and made the work of historians increasingly specialized and inaccessible to lay readers. Following Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that since history is a kind of public utility, historical research should contribute to the self-understanding of society.
A Usable Past
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Author : William J. Bouwsma
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-06-27
A Usable Past written by William J. Bouwsma and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-06-27 with History categories.
The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the teaching of history. The essays in A Usable Past are unified by a set of common concerns. William Bouwsma has always resisted the pretensions to science that have shaped much recent historical scholarship and made the work of historians increasingly specialized and inaccessible to lay readers. Following Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that since history is a kind of public utility, historical research should contribute to the self-understanding of society.
A Usable Past
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Author : William James Bouwsma
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990
A Usable Past written by William James Bouwsma and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
"Together the articles form a substantial book which traces the antecedents, characteristics and impact of Renaissance thought and action 'beyond all schools, ' with that combination of scholarly precision and personal style which has made Bouwsma one of the most highly respected historians on this continent."--Heiko A. Oberman, University of Arizona
The Usable Past
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Author : Lois Parkinson Zamora
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-12-13
The Usable Past written by Lois Parkinson Zamora and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-12-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A comparative study of Latin American and North American fiction.
Search For A Usable Past And Other Essays In Historiography
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Author : Henry Steele Commager
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Search For A Usable Past And Other Essays In Historiography written by Henry Steele Commager and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with United States categories.
Essays on the historiography of American history.
The Search For A Usable Past And Other Essays In Historiography
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Author : Henry Steele Commager
language : en
Publisher: ACLS History E-Book Project
Release Date : 2015-01-01
The Search For A Usable Past And Other Essays In Historiography written by Henry Steele Commager and has been published by ACLS History E-Book Project this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with History categories.
Essays on the historiography of American history.
The Usable Past
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Author : Keith S. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2003
The Usable Past written by Keith S. Brown and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Drama categories.
In this volume, scholars of history, archaeology and anthropology explore the located and contextual nature of historical narratives, analysing contested historical rituals, building style, and traditions, .
A Usable Past
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Author : Paul L. Mariani
language : en
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 1984
A Usable Past written by Paul L. Mariani and has been published by Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Fiction categories.
Written by a highly praised poet and critic, A Usable Past contains a selection of sixteen essays published over the last ten years. Mariani has chosen those reflecting his most abiding interests and includes discussions of poets who have provided him with "a usable past." There are five essays on William Carlos Williams, including the acclaimed "Resembling the Dust" (nominated for a Pushcart Prize), the opening piece which Mariani calls the suppressed prolegomena to his biography of Williams, A New World Naked. There are four on Gerard Manely Hopkins which show the poet at work. And there are, finally, seven on writers and poets whom Mariani has carefully reassessed for what they have to teach us today--Robert Penn Warren, Charles Tomlinson, Robert Creeley, John Montague, John Berryman, Robert Pack, and Thomas Merton.
Toward A Usable Past
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Author : Paul Finkelman
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2009-09-01
Toward A Usable Past written by Paul Finkelman and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-01 with Law categories.
The United States Supreme Court's relegation of many rights to definition under state constitutional law, combined with the tendency of recent administrations to entrust the states with the task of preserving individual rights, is increasingly making state constitutions the arena where the battles to preserve the rights to life, liberty, property, due process, and equal protection of laws must be fought. Ranging in time from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, Toward a Usable Past offers a series of case studies that examine the protection afforded individual rights by state constitutions and state constitutional law. As it explores the history of liberty at the state level, this volume also investigates the promise and risks of turning to state constitutions to guarantee and expand individual rights. In this book, major scholars and legal practitioners discuss state protections of civil liberty, and ponder the contemporary implications of the state record. The cases examined cover topics ranging from religion in schools during the Federalist era to criminal justice in the late nineteenth century, from racial integration in Kansas before Brown v. Board of Education to legal battles over birth control in the Connecticut Supreme Court. The introduction presents the historical and contemporary significance of the topic and traces the evolution of the federal constitutional law establishing the parameters of state regulation of individual rights.
The Jewish Search For A Usable Past
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Author : David G. Roskies
language : en
Publisher: Helen and Martin Schwartz Lect
Release Date : 1999-05-22
The Jewish Search For A Usable Past written by David G. Roskies and has been published by Helen and Martin Schwartz Lect this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-22 with History categories.
The author uncovers Jewish memory sites, and explains the historical symbolic significance of them in relation to Jewish history.