This treatise defends a central tenet in the theory of history put forward by R.G. Collingwood, an important philosopher of history. It critically analyzes the idea of re-enactment, explores the limits of its applicability, and determines its relationship to Collingwood's other theories. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598. . 1995. hardcover. . . . .

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Title: History as Re-enactment: R. G. Collingwood's Idea of History
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 019824293X
ISBN 13: 9780198242932
Binding: Hardcover
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This book explains and defends a central ideas in the theory of history put forward by R. G. Collingwood, perhaps the foremost philosopher of history in the 20th century. Professor Dray analyses critically the idea of re-enactment, explores the limits of its applicability, and determines its relationship to other key Collingwoodian ideas, such as the role of imagination in historical thinking, and the indispensability of a point of view.

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William H. Dray has been Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

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