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Item specifics
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- Book Title
- The Muse of History and the Science of Culture
- ISBN
- 9780306462733
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-10
0306462737
ISBN-13
9780306462733
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1703658
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
Xi, 307 Pages
Publication Name
Muse of History and the Science of Culture
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Social, Archaeology, Historiography, Sociology / General, Anthropology / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
35.3 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-025106
Reviews
' The Muse of History and the science of Culture is an engaging retrospective on Carneiro's most influential work. This is likely to be a book that is discovered and rediscovered for a long time. Carneiro's approach to anthropology is unabashedly scientific and he should be respected for his steadfastness in a discipline that blows hot and cold with each new wind. ' American Antiquity, 66:4 (2001) ' [...]Carneiro deserves praise for dealing with one of the most important questions in both social science and history. This book will have the affect of helping social scientist and scholars more self-consciously examine their assumptions regarding the nature of history and the role the social sciences and the humanities in historical investigations. ' Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 37:3 (2001) ' [...] the range of authorities cited makes the book a fascinating read. [...]the polemics themselves, and the thoughtful development of the literature, makes this book a useful source, and the author's infectious enthusiasm for his project should be widely emulated. ' Science and Society, 66 (2002), 'The Muse of History and the science of Culture is an engaging retrospective on Carneiro's most influential work. This is likely to be a book that is discovered and rediscovered for a long time. Carneiro's approach to anthropology is unabashedly scientific and he should be respected for his steadfastness in a discipline that blows hot and cold with each new wind.' American Antiquity, 66:4 (2001) '[...]Carneiro deserves praise for dealing with one of the most important questions in both social science and history. This book will have the affect of helping social scientist and scholars more self-consciously examine their assumptions regarding the nature of history and the role the social sciences and the humanities in historical investigations.' Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 37:3 (2001) '[...] the range of authorities cited makes the book a fascinating read. [...]the polemics themselves, and the thoughtful development of the literature, makes this book a useful source, and the author's infectious enthusiasm for his project should be widely emulated.' Science and Society, 66 (2002)
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
901
Table Of Content
The Philosophy of History.- The Changing Faces of History.- The Thorny Thickets of History.- What Drives the Engine of History?.- The Great Man and Ideas as Prime Movers.- How to Turn History into Science.- The Culture Process and Its Determinants.- Are There Laws of History?.- Proposed Laws of Culture.
Synopsis
Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book., Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a 'chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with 'meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.
LC Classification Number
GN
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