History and Memory by Jacques Le Goff

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History and Memory by Jacques Le Goff

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Part of European Perspectives: A Series In Social Thought And Cultural Criticism series

Summary

In this brillant meditation on conceptions of history, Le Goff traces the evolution of the historian's craft. Examining real and imagined oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern, oral and written history, History and Memory reveals the strands of continuity that have characterized historiography from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Europe.

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History and Memory by Jacques Le Goff

-- Gerald Prince, University of Pennsylvania

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Historiography has its fashions, and this is a clear and persuasive portrayal of a present trend away from the fraternization of history with philosophy, theology, literature and the history of the plastic arts, toward a flirtation with politics and the social sciences..A fine study. The Historian
Jaques Le Goff is the Director of Studies and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Among his other books are Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages andConstructing the Past: Essays in Historical Methodology.
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ISBN 13 9780231075909
ISBN 10 0231075901
Title History and Memory
Author Jacques Le Goff
Series European Perspectives: A Series In Social Thought And Cultural Criticism
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Columbia University Press
Year published 1992-11-26
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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