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The essays in this collection, by one of the most recognized figures in the field of intellectual history, touch on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the heroism of modern life to the ability of photographs to lie, and explore the fraught connection between the truth of history and the truthfulness of historians.

Intellectual life --- History. --- Critical theory. --- Cultural criticism. --- Frankfurt School. --- Georg Lukacs. --- Hans Blumenberg. --- Hayden White. --- Intellectual history. --- Isaiah Berlin. --- Quentin Skinner. --- Walter Benjamin. --- contextual relativism. --- free speech. --- heroism of modern life. --- historical truth. --- immanence. --- transcendence.