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Covetous of truth : the life and work of Thomas White, 1593-1676
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ISBN: 0792319265 9401048177 9401118507 9780792319269 Year: 1993 Volume: 134 Publisher: Dordrecht ; Norwell, MA : Kluwer,

What is history for ?
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ISBN: 0415350980 0415350999 9780415350990 Year: 2005 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

Why bother with history? : ancient, modern, and postmodern motivations.
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ISBN: 0582423910 0582423902 9780582423909 9781315837901 9781317875253 9781317875260 9781138836839 Year: 2000 Publisher: London Longman

Postmodernism in history
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ISBN: 041530539X 0415305381 0203624270 1280072652 9780203624272 9781134405336 1134405332 020334295X 9780203342954 1134405340 9780415305389 9780415305396 9786610072651 6610072655 9781134405343 9781280072659 9781134405299 Year: 2003 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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This original and thought-provoking study looks at the context of postmodernist thought in general cultural terms as well as in relation to history. Postmodernism in History traces philosophical precursors of postmodernism and identifies the roots of current concerns. Beverley Southgate describes the core constituents of postmodernism and provides a lucid and profound analysis of the current state of the debate. His main concern is to counter 'pomophobia' and to assert a positive future for historical study in a postmodern world.Postmodernism in History is a valuable

History : what and why? Ancient, modern, and postmodern perspectives
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ISBN: 0415138833 0415138825 9780415138833 Year: 1996 Publisher: London Routledge

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History : what and why ? : ancient, modern and postmodern perspectives
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ISBN: 0415256585 0415256577 Year: 2001 Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge,

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What is history for?
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ISBN: 1134267231 1280463503 9786610463503 0203696662 9780203696668 9781134267231 9780415350983 0415350980 9780415350990 0415350999 0415350980 0415350999 9781280463501 6610463506 9781134267187 9781134267224 1134267223 Year: 2005 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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An experienced author of history and theory presents this examination of the purpose of history at a time when recent debates have rendered the question 'what is history for?' of utmost importance.Charting the development of historical studies and examining how history has been used, this study is exceptional in its focus on the future of the subject as well as its past. It is argued that history in the twenty-first century must adopt a radical and morally therapeutic role instead of studying for 'its own sake'.Providing examples of his vision of 'history in post-modernity',


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'A new type of history' : fictional proposals for dealing with the past
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ISBN: 9781138848030 Year: 2015 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,

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John Sergeant and his circle : a study of three seventeenth-century English Aristotelians
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ISBN: 9004097562 9004246886 Year: 1993 Volume: 39 Publisher: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill,

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This book presents an account of the essentially Aristotelian philosophy of John Sergeant (1623-1707) and his Blackloist colleagues, Kenelm Digby and Thomas White. Despite their notoriety as Catholic controversialists in the mid-seventeenth century, Sergeant and his circle have long suffered from historical neglect, and Professor Krook's work provides a useful corrective to conventional historiography. Digby, White and Sergeant were all concerned to present a coherent philosophical and theological framework, which would provide some certainty in the face of the contemporary sceptical challenge, and the author shows how their work was securely based on traditional Aristotelian foundations. Through a detailed discussion of Aristotelian methodology, she shows how, in the face of Protestant misunderstanding, they justified their own claims for certainty. This study restores Sergeant and his circle to their proper historical importance and provides an original and illuminating study of late seventeenth-century Aristotelian philosophy.

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