Sublime Historical Experience

By Frank Ankersmit

Book Overview

Why are we interested in history at all? Why do we feel the need to distinguish between past and present? This book investigates how the notion of sublime historical experience complicates and challenges existing conceptions of language, truth, and knowledge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749361
• ISBN13: 9780804749367
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.0"