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The Ends of History
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00The Ends of History? considers how, despite the fact that events in the past 20 years have called Francis Fukuyama?s infamous announcement of the end of history into question, the issue of the end of history is now a matter of renewed interest and debate. Two decades ago we were confronted by the end of the Soviet Union and collapse of the geo-political... more...
Children of the Days
Nation Books 2013; US$ 26.99Galeano?s new book is his richest and most poetic yet, a joyous calendar of the sacred and the damned. more...
The Eurasian Miracle
Wiley 2013; US$ 22.95The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the nineteenth century. It was commonly believed that there was a natural progression from Antiquity through Feudalism to Capitalism which could not have taken place elsewhere. Today there are many who still believe that this progression... more...
The Historia Iherosolimitana of Robert the Monk
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 90.00Robert the Monk's history of the First Crusade (1095-99), which was probably completed c. 1110, was in the nature of a medieval "bestseller", proving by far the most popular narrative of the crusade's events. This volume presents the first critical edition to be published since the 1860s, grounded in a close study of the more than... more...
Philosophy of History After Hayden White
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 100.99This anthology of new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars explores the ground-breaking work of Hayden White, whose thought, beginning with his seminal Metahistory (1973), has revolutionized the way we think about the philosophy of history, historiography, narrative, and the relation between history and literature. Representing a... more...
Philosophy of History After Hayden White
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 100.99This anthology of new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars explores the ground-breaking work of Hayden White, whose thought, beginning with his seminal Metahistory (1973), has revolutionized the way we think about the philosophy of history, historiography, narrative, and the relation between history and literature. Representing a... more...
Guillaume, der Spion
Ch. Links Verlag 2013; US$ 22.03Hauptbeschreibung Im Jahr 1956 inszenierte die Stasi die "Flucht" des Ehepaars Guillaume aus der DDR nach Frankfurt am Main, um die SPD auszuspionieren. Günter Guillaume machte dort Karriere als Parteifunktionär und fand sich mit dem Machtantritt der sozialliberalen Koalition unverhofft im Bonner Kanzleramt wieder. 1972 stieg er zum Parteireferenten... more...
Real History
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95In Real History , Martin Bunzl brilliantly succeeds in bringing together two schools of thought at the forefront of the philosophy of history: that of realism and objectivity. He shows us how the realism debate is inhabited by philosophers, whereas the objectivity argument lies in the hands of historians. In his lucid and direct style, Bunzl proposes... more...
History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00This book analyses the role of history education in conflict and post-conflict societies, describing common history textbook projects in Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Far East and the Middle East. Ever since the emergence of the modern school system and the implementation of compulsory education, textbooks have been seen as privileged... more...
Egyptian Oedipus
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 40.00A contemporary of Descartes and Newton, Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1601/2–80), was one of Europe’s most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. He published more than thirty works in fields as diverse as astronomy, magnetism, cryptology, numerology, geology, and music. But Kircher is most famous—or infamous—for... more...









