Historical Teleologies in the Modern World

Historical Teleologies in the Modern World tracks the fragmentation and proliferation of teleological understandings of history -...
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Author: Henning Trüper
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Historical Teleologies in the Modern World by Trüper, Henning

Historical Teleologies in the Modern World

BD$117.70

Historical Teleologies in the Modern World

BD$117.70
Author: Henning Trüper
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Historical Teleologies in the Modern World tracks the fragmentation and proliferation of teleological understandings of history - the notion that history had to be explained as a goal-directed process - in Europe and beyond throughout the 19th and into the 20th century. Historical teleologies have profoundly informed a variety of other disciplines, including modern philosophy, natural history, literature, humanitarian and religious philanthropism, the political thought and practice of revolution, emancipation, imperialism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, the conceptualization of universal humankind, and the understanding of modernity in general.

By exploring the extension and plurality of historical teleology, the essays in this volume revise the history of historicity in the modern period. Historical Teleologies in the Modern World casts doubt on the idea that a single, if powerful, conception of time could function as the unifying principle of all modern historicity, instead pursuing an investigation of the plurality of modern historicities and its underlying structures. By bringing together Western and non-Western histories, this book provides the first extended treatment of the idea of historical teleology. It will be of great value to students and scholars of modern global and intellectual history.

Author: Henning Trüper
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 09/24/2015
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781474221078

About the Author

Henning Trüper is a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, USA and the Centre de Recherches Historiques, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France.

Dipesh Chakrabarty is Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, USA.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

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