24 x 16 cm. Hardcover. xiv, 354 pages. Text in English. Toned (browned) throughout and strongly smoke-permeated; some marginal lines in pencil. otherwise in good condition, see picture. Part of the series Philosophy of History and Culture, vol. 38 (PHC 38). With autograph inscription signed 'Herman' on front endpaper. 800g.

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Title

Theodor Lessing's Philosophy of History in Its Time.

Publisher

Brill, Leiden, Boston

Publication Date

2021

Language

English

ISBN 10

900446476X

ISBN 13

9789004464766

Binding

Hardcover

Weight

800 grams

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This study – the first full-length monograph in English on the subject – discusses the genesis of Theodor Lessing’s philosophy of history as mainly expressed in his books Geschichte als Sinngebung des Sinnlosen (1919 and 1927), as well as its philosophical implications. Lessing on the one hand vehemently denies that historians can know the past as it actually happened. On the other hand, and rather surprisingly, he emphasizes the exceptional importance of history within a culture, because of what he calls its religious function. His penetrating analysis of history is remarkably relevant for ongoing debates on the very nature of history.

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Herman Simissen, Ph.D. (2018, Open Universiteit Nederland), is assistant-professor of cultural sciences at that university. As editor of the Dutch language journal Streven he published on a variety of subjects in history, philosophy, contemporary Dutch literature, and classical music.

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