The Future of History
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Word Count
44,250 words, Guess
Page Count
177 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefuturehistory00luka
- Internet Archivefuturehistory00john
- Internet Archivefutureofhistory0000luka
- ISBN-100300169566
- ISBN-139780300169560
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010937665
- OCLC Control Number670481478
- Better World Books9780300169560
- Open LibraryOL24997282M
Classifications
- LCCD16.8 .L85 2011
- LCCD16.8
- LCCD16.8 .L93 2011
Description
For more than sixty years, John Lukacs has been writing, teaching, and reading about the past. In this inspired volume, he turns his attention to the future. Throughout The Future of History, Lukacs reflects on his discipline, eloquently arguing that the writing and teaching of history are literary rather than scientific, comprising knowledge that is neither wholly objective nor subjective. History at its best, he contends, is personal and participatory. Despite a recently unprecedented appetite for history among the general public, as evidenced by history television program ratings, sales of popular history books, and increased participation in local historical societies, Lukacs believes that the historical profession is in a state of disarray. He traces a decline in history teaching throughout higher education, matched by a corresponding reduction in the number of history students. He reviews a series of short-lived fads within the profession that have weakened the fundamentals of the field. In looking for a way forward, Lukacs explores the critical relationships between history and literature, including ways in which novelists have contributed to historical understanding. Through this startling and enlightening work, readers will understand Lukacs's assertion that "everything has its history, including history" and that history itself has a future, since everything we know comes from the past. - Publisher.
Description
Reflects upon the discipline of history, claiming that the writing and teaching of history in higher education is in decline, and explores ways in which the future of the discipline can thrive.
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