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Historical Teleologies in the Modern World
Contributor(s): Trüper, Henning (Editor), Koskenniemi, Martti (Editor), Chakrabarty, Dipesh (Editor)
ISBN: 1474221068     ISBN-13: 9781474221061
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $173.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - General
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- History | Modern - 19th Century
Dewey: 901
LCCN: 2014049151
Series: Europe S Legacy in the Modern World
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.58 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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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.


Contributor Bio(s): Strath, Bo: - Bo Strath is Professor of Contemporary History, at the European University Institute, Florence.