History as Art and as Science
Twin Vistas on the Past
118 pages
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© 1964
"Professor Hughes offers an earnest warning: 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane and persuasive they should be required reading for every student who contemplates a major in history."—Geoffrey Bruun, Saturday Review
Contents
Preface
I. What the Historian Thinks He Knows
II. History, the Humanities, and Anthropological Change
III. History and Psychoanalysis: The Explanation of Motive
IV. The Sweep of the Narrative Line
V. Is Contemporary History Real History?
I. What the Historian Thinks He Knows
II. History, the Humanities, and Anthropological Change
III. History and Psychoanalysis: The Explanation of Motive
IV. The Sweep of the Narrative Line
V. Is Contemporary History Real History?
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