The Windowless Room of the Present: Rereading David Harlan.

This essay unearths the guiding question of David Harlan's 1997 book, The Degradation of American History. While most commentators have focused their attention on Harlan's biting criticism of the historical profession, this essay argues that Harlan's diatribe against historical scholarship pursued "...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Philosophy of History Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 395 - 409
Autor principal: Paul, Herman
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2021
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