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Our shadowed present
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- Book Synopsis
- This important and stimulating volume seeks to defend the value of historical understanding in the face of social-scientific and especially postmodernist criticisms of historical method and the usefulness of history for understanding the present. Clark argues that modernism and postmodernism can both be explained historically; that we cannot emancipate ourselves from the past; that historical identities are deeply rooted; and that the interplay of ideas in the public arena frequently disguises
- About The Author
- Jonathan Clark is the Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas. He was formerly a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and of All Souls College, Oxford. He is the author of a number of highly regarded books on early modern England.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780804751490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press, (30 August 2004)
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 235 x 156 x 21 mm
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