Heidegger, Dilthey, and the Crisis of Historicism

by Charles R. Bambach and Charles Bambach

Book Overview

The collapse of historicism was not merely the demise of an academic tradition but signified a shift in the understanding of hermeneutics and metaphysics. Whereas earlier books have explored the rise and dominance of historicism within academic history, this is the first to trace its collapse and to show how it was shaped by larger philosophical and scientific concerns. Charles R. Bambach's lucid account of the demise of historicism within the context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801482607
• ISBN13: 9780801482601
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher