Historical Representation

by Frank Ankersmit

Book Overview

This book fully recognizes the aestheticism inherent in historical writing while acknowledging its claim to satisfy the demands of rational and scientific inquiry. Focusing on the notion of representation and on the necessity of distinguishing between representation and description, it argues that the traditional semantic apparatus of meaning, truth, and reference that we use for description must be redefined if we are to understand properly the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080473979X
• ISBN13: 9780804739795
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"