Why Bother with History?
. Why Bother With History?
argues for an increasingly important role for a revitalised historical study. Examining the motivations of past historians, the author rejects the ancient aspiration to a ''history for its own sake'' and argues that historians'' importance lies in their own adoption of a moral standpoint, from which a story of the past can be told, that facilitates the attainment of a f...
. Why Bother With History?
argues for an increasingly important role for a revitalised historical study. Examining the motivations of past historians, the author rejects the ancient aspiration to a ''history for its own sake'' and argues that historians'' importance lies in their own adoption of a moral standpoint, from which a story of the past can be told, that facilitates the attainment of a f...
