Historiography as a form of political thought |
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Authors: | JGA Pocock |
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Institution: | a Harry C. Black Professor of History Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University, USA |
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Abstract: | This article seeks to combine two lines of thought that have been little studied: a model history of early modern historiography, and a theory of the impact of historiography on a political society. Under the former heading, it traces the growth of a narrative of European history as a series of sequels to the Roman empire, and a history of historiography as passing from classical narrative to antiquarian study and Enlightened philosophy. Under the latter, it considers the effect on political life of being narrated in a plurality of contexts, and asks whether a modern society can survive if deprived of the capacity for debating its history. |
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