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Bezig met laden... Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Pastdoor Allen C. Guelzo
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I loved Dr. Guelzo's portion of the Teaching Company's American History course, so I jumped at the chance to get this one (at a substantial discount, of course). Having read many of the historians he discusses (Herodotus, Thucydides, Gibbon, etc.) i figured it would be interesting to hear Dr. Guelzo's take on them. Overall, I'm glad I listened to this course, but it is definitely uneven. At times, he is talking about the different ways that different historians approach the writing of history. That was quite interesting. At other times, he isn't so much talking about how history is written, but rather is summarizing a lot of historical events. Switching back and forth from one approach to the other makes for a bit of disorder, and Dr. Guelzo's obsessions with a few esoteric elements (which I've forgotten and am no anxious to return to the course guide to remember!) make the course drag from time to time, which is something I never expected from this teacher. There are some good insights, however, into writers such as St. Augustine, so I definitely learned something, which is the point to begin with. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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History.
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HTML: How do historians create their histories? What role do the historian's viewpoint and method play in what we accept as truth? Answer these and other questions as you go inside the minds of our greatest historians and explore the idea of written history as it has shaped humanity's story over 2,000 years. These 24 intriguing lectures introduce you to the seminal thinking of historians such as: Herodotus, considered by many the first history writer, who replaced the poetic imagination of Homer with istorieis , or inquiry; Livy, the author of a 142-volume didactic history of Rome that spanned three continents and seven centuries; David Hume, who framed English history with an evolutionary vision of economic, political, and intellectual freedom; and Edward Gibbon, whose monumental Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire forged a complex picture of epic collapse and decay. From the dramatic and military exploits of Xenophon and Thucydides in ancient Greece to Macaulay's dynamic career in the 19th century, from the bloody era of Christian Reformation to the revolutions of the Enlightenment, Professor Guelzo takes you into the trenches with great minds throughout history. And beneath the surface of written history, you'll examine the processes that create accepted views of historical events, and you'll uncover the ways in which understanding how history is written is crucial to understanding historical events themselves. The journey rewards you with an unforgettable insight into our human heritage and the chance to look with discerning eyes at human events in their deeper meanings. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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