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The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood. Published posthumously in 1946, it examines how the idea of history has evolved from the time of Herodotus to the twentieth century, and offers Collingwood's own view of what history is. This revised edition has a substantial new introduction which discusses how scholars have responded to Collingwood's classic over the last fifty years. It also makes available for the first time some of Collingwood's lectures on the philosophy of history - essential for a fuller understanding of his thought, and in particular for the interpretation of The Idea of History itself.
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The late R.G. Collingwood was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford University.
Jan van der Dussen is Professor of History and Philosophy at the Open University of the Netherlands.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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"All history is the history of thought" is Collingwood's main premise in The Idea of History. Collingwood argues eloquently that to understand past events we must understand the ideas, thoughts and motives behind them. The book begins at the point where Collingwood believes the writing of history began; The Classical era IE. The ancient Greeks. The narrative then moves through the progressing ages and discusses their conceptions of the past and how these relate to ideas of the time.
I read The Idea of History in preparation for writing my personal statement to university. It gave me a great understanding of the inner workings of history. And how our conceptions of the past have changed over time. It is a challenging book. I really enjoyed the parts that i understood. But I had to read certain sections several times to understand exactly what Collingwood was saying.
To sum this book up, albeit in a very simplistic way, i would say it is about the philosophy of history. I would highly recommend it to anyone who questions the way history is written.
I read The Idea of History in preparation for writing my personal statement to university. It gave me a great understanding of the inner workings of history. And how our conceptions of the past have changed over time. It is a challenging book. I really enjoyed the parts that i understood. But I had to read certain sections several times to understand exactly what Collingwood was saying.
To sum this book up, albeit in a very simplistic way, i would say it is about the philosophy of history. I would highly recommend it to anyone who questions the way history is written.
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Sent company an email before hand so that they would make sure book was the right edition. They still sent me the wrong book. It was 50 years older than the one ordered/advertised, and had 200 pages missing from it, compared to the newer edition actually ordered.
6 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This is a really good book for anyone that is interested in the "history of history". It is definitely a must read for anybody interested in historical thought.
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