Frank Ankersmit and Eelco Runia: the presence and the otherness of the past.

This paper consists of two parts. In the first part, I give an in-depth comparison and analysis of the theories of Frank Ankersmit and Eelco Runia, in which I highlight their most important resemblances and differences. What both have in common is their notion of the presence of the past as a ‘prese...

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Published in:Rethinking History Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 393 - 416
Main Author: Froeyman, Anton
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2012
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