CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND THE ART OF SELF-DISTANCING.
The metaphor of historical distance often appears in discussions about the study of contemporary history. It suggests that we cannot see the past in perspective if we are too near to it. According to founding fathers like Ranke and Humboldt, temporal distance is required to discern historical 'ideas...
| Publicado en: | History & Theory Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 51 - 68 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2011
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