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Von Athen Bis Auschwitz: Betrachtungen Zur Lage Der Geschichte: The Uses of History Hardback - 2009

by Christian Meier; Deborah Lucas Schneider (Translator)

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What does history mean today? What is its relevance to the modern world? In contemplating fundamental questions about history and the Western legacy, the noted classical historian Christian Meier offers a new interpretation on how we view the world. Meier sees an absence of history in contemporary Europe and throughout the West - an absence he attributes to the way modern historians have written about history and, more important, to the dramatic transformations of the twentieth century. He argues for the central legacy of Western civilization. He tackles the difficulty of reconciling a historical perspective with our era of extreme acceleration, when experience is shaped less by inheritance and legacy than by the novelty of changes wrought by science and globalization. Finally, Meier contemplates the enormity of the Holocaust, which he sees as a test of understanding history. If it is part of the whole arc of the Western legacy, how do we fit it with the rest? This engaging and thought-provoking meditation challenges us to rethink the role of history in Western culture and a changing world.

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  • Title Von Athen Bis Auschwitz: Betrachtungen Zur Lage Der Geschichte: The Uses of History
  • Author Christian Meier; Deborah Lucas Schneider (Translator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 239
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
  • Publication date 05/01/2009
  • ISBN 9780674016927 / 0674016920
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.66 x 5.88 x 0.91 in (22.00 x 14.94 x 2.31 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects History - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004060611
  • Dewey Decimal Code 901
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