Nothing But History: Reconstruction and Extremity after Metaphysics

Roberts, David D.

ISBN 10: 0520200802 / ISBN 13: 9780520200807

Published by University of California Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nothing But History: Reconstruction and Extremity after Metaphysics
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520200802
• ISBN 13: 9780520200807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

What is the role of history in our "postmetaphysical" age? Surveying two centuries of philosophical writing, David Roberts offers a thoughtful guide to the philosophy of history before the recent challenges associated with deconstructive postmodernism. He then argues for a moderate intellectual tradition in which historical knowledge, although freed from transcendent values, continues to play a crucial role in the conduct of human affairs.

Roberts's careful account of historicism explores the ideas of its major nineteenth-century representatives and foils, including Hegel, Dilthey, and Nietzsche. His thorough consideration of such twentieth-century thinkers as Gadamer, Croce, Foucault, and Heidegger contributes vitally to the ongoing discussions about the use and abuse of history. Certain to engage historians and philosophers, this book will interest scholars across the humanities who are concerned with the present and future utility of historical thinking.

About the Author

David D. Roberts is author of Benedetto Croce and the Uses of Historicism (California, 1987) and Professor of History at the University of Georgia.