TY - BOOK ID - 78140412 TI - Historics : why history dominates contemporary society PY - 2006 SN - 1134506775 1281157686 9786611157685 0203964217 9780203964217 0415261651 9780415261654 041526166X 9780415261661 9780415361654 9781134506774 9781281157683 6611157689 9781134506729 9781134506767 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - History KW - History, Modern KW - Philosophy. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78140412 AB - From an author at the forefront of research in this area comes this provocative and seminal work that presents a unique and fresh new look at history and theory.Taking a broadly European view, the book draws on works of French and German philosophy, some of which are unknown to the English-speaking world, and Martin L. Davies spells out what it is like to live in a historicized world, where any event is presented as historical as, or even before, it happens.Challenging basic assumptions made by historians, Davies focuses on historical ideas and thought about the past instead o ER -