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Objectivity Is Not Neutrality : Explanatory Schemes in History by Thomas L. Haskell (1997, Hardcover)

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He traces the surprisingly short history of the word responsibility, which turns out to be no older than the United States.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801856817

ISBN-139780801856815

eBay Product ID (ePID)436946

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameObjectivity Is Not Neutrality : Explanatory Schemes in History

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

SubjectEpistemology, United States / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy, History

AuthorThomas L. Haskell

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight27.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-018956

Reviews"A dozen essays, thoughtful and thought-provoking, by a distinguished intellectual historian and historical critic."-- Virginia Quarterly Review, ''Haskell's reputation as one of the foremost writers on topics in the philosophy of history is well deserved...A challenging read well worth the effort.''--'Choice', "The most sophisticated contribution by a historian to the contemporary debate over the nature of historical knowledge."-- Books and Culture, "Haskell's reputation as one of the foremost writers on topics in the philosophy of history is well deserved... A challenging read well worth the effort."-- Choice

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal973/.072

SynopsisNarracion de un extravagante misterio que se va creando a traves de la accion que protagonizan personajes singulares. Todo lleva a un desenlace extrano, con tantas respuestas como interrogantes., In Objectivity Is Not Neutrality, Thomas L. Haskell argues for a moderate historicism that acknowledges the force of perspective and reaffirms the pluralistic practices of a liberal democratic society-even while upholding time-honored distinctions between fact and fiction, scholarship and propaganda, right and might. Haskell addresses questions that will interest philosophers and literary theorists no less than historians, exploring topics ranging from the productivity of slave labor to the cultural concomitants of capitalism, from John Stuart Mill's youthful ''mental crisis'' to the cognitive preconditions that set the stage for antislavery and other humanitarian reforms after 1750. He traces the surprisingly short history of the word responsibility, which turns out to be no older than the United States. He examines the reasons for the rising authority of professional experts in nineteenth-century America. And he wonders whether the epistemological radicalism of recent years leaves us with any adequate basis for justifying human rights --rights of academic freedom, for example, or the right not to be tortured. Written by a thoughtful critic of the historical profession, Objectivity Is Not Neutrality calls upon historians to think deeply about the nature of historical explanation and to acknowledge more fully than ever before the theoretical dimension of their work., In Objectivity Is Not Neutrality, Thomas L. Haskell argues for a moderate historicism that acknowledges the force of perspective and reaffirms the pluralistic practices of a liberal democratic society-even while upholding time-honored distinctions between fact and fiction, scholarship and propaganda, right and might. Haskell addresses questions ......

LC Classification NumberE175.H38 1998