The Limits of History by Constantin Fasolt - 2003-12-15

ISBN: 9780226239101
The University of Chicago Press, 
06 January 2004,  Hardback | 347 pages
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History casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time.
So argues Constantin Fasolt in The Limits of History, an ambitious and pathbreaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313/14-57), two antipodes in early modern battles over the principles of European thought and action that ended with the triumph of historical consciousness. Proceeding according to the rules of normal historical analysis?gathering evidence, putting it in context, and analyzing its meaning?Fasolt uncovers limits that no kind of… Read More

University of Chicago Press. A beautiful clean crisp clean hardcover copy in near fine condition, former owner's name written neatly in ink on front endpaper, else fine. DJ in near fine condition and in protective mylar cover. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2004.

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University of Chicago Press, 2003-12-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. Constantin Fasolt explores in this work the idea that history is supremely a political activity. He demonstrates that history presupposes highly political assumptions about free will, responsibility, and the relationship of the past to the present.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 347 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.00 inches.