Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past

What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit--the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history...
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Author: Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit
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Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past by Ankersmit, Franklin Rudolf

Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past

$117.12

Representation: The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past

$117.12
Author: Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit
Format: Paperback
Language: English

What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit--the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history today--offers a deeply original way of understanding the practice of historical writing and a powerful vindication of history as an empirical discipline. Based on a new reading of the philosophy of G. W. Leibniz, Ankersmit constructs a rigorous framework for understanding the nature of historical argument.

Representation argues that while previous states of affairs have left evidence that can be used to formulate true statements, the past itself is irretrievably lost. A condition of historical writing is that the past as such does not exist. Historical texts are best understood as complex signs that mutually criticize one another to compose a historical reality fundamentally distinct from common-sense notions of the past.

Representation casts an entirely new light on fundamental concepts such as historical truth, historical debate, and historical rationality. Cogent, forceful, and provocative, this book is the most ambitious work in the philosophy of history in many years.

Author: Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780231215916

About the Author
Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit is professor emeritus of intellectual history and historical theory at the University of Groningen. The author of numerous books, he founded the Journal of the Philosophy of History.

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