OF ASHTRAYS AND INCOMMENSURABILITY: REFLECTIONS ON HERBERT BUTTERFIELD AND THE WHIG INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY.
The article discusses the 1931 book "The Whig Interpretation of History," by Herbert Butterfield. Topics include an April 1972 incident at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey involving filmmaker Errol Morris and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, the biographies "Herbert B...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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Fides et historia
Year: 2012, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-14 |
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Herbert Butterfield: Historian As Dissenter (Book)
B Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 B Twentieth Century B Life & Thought of Herbert Butterfield: History, Science & God, The (Book) B McIntyre, C. T B Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902 B Kuhn, Thomas S., 1922-1996 B Whig Interpretation of History, The (Book) B Morris, Errol, 1948- B history of historiography |
| Summary: | The article discusses the 1931 book "The Whig Interpretation of History," by Herbert Butterfield. Topics include an April 1972 incident at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey involving filmmaker Errol Morris and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, the biographies "Herbert Butterfield: Historian As Dissenter," by C. T. McIntyre, and "The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield: History, Science, and God," by Michael Bentley, and the views of historian Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton on historiography in relation to Butterfield's views. |
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