History As Re-enactment: R. G. Collingwood's Idea of History

Dray, William H.

ISBN 10: 0198238819 / ISBN 13: 9780198238812

Published by The Clarendon Press (Oxford University), Oxord, etc, 1999

About this Item

1999. xii, 347pp. "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." Small crease to front cover. The book is otherwise in excellent condition. There are no inscriptions and all contents are tight and clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History As Re-enactment: R. G. Collingwood's Idea of History
• Publisher: The Clarendon Press (Oxford University), Oxord, etc
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198238819
• ISBN 13: 9780198238812
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Ed.
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Philosophy & Related

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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