On Historical Distance Paperback / softback
by Mark Salber Phillips
Paperback / softback
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Conceptions of distance are foundational to historical thought, but Mark Salber Phillips gives the idea new subtlety and meaning.
He argues that distance is a matter not just of time and space but also of form, affect, ideology, and understanding.
In this exceptionally wide-ranging study, Phillips examines Renaissance, Enlightenment, and contemporary histories, as well as a broad spectrum of historical genres-including local history, literary history, counter-factual fiction, history painting, and museology. "On Historical Distance is a fascinating and very important book that should be read by all historians.
Beautifully written in elegant, economical and engaging prose, the book wears its considerable learning very lightly.
A deeply original, challenging and thought-provoking study of the evolving history of history by one of our leading historians of historiography, this book should provoke a lively debate among historians and should be assigned as essential reading for classes on historical methods and historiography."-John Marshall, John Hopkins University
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:07/04/2015
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- ISBN:9780300213874
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Unavailable
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:07/04/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300213874