The Autonomy of History: Truth and Method from Erasmus to Gibbon - Hardcover

The Autonomy of History: Truth and Method from Erasmus to Gibbon.

Zustand: Gut. 249 Seiten leicht berieben und bestoßen, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / slightly rubbed and bumped, otherwise perfect condition - In these learned essays, Joseph M. Levine shows how the idea and method of modern history began to develop during the Renaissance, when a clear distinction between history and fiction was first proposed and defended both in practice and in theory The dependence of history on rhetoric and theology dissolved as history gradually won its autonomy He offers a number of case histories to show that by the end of the eighteenth century, recourse to matter of fact became pervasive, and the new claims for history were met by skepticism in a debate that still echoes today -- Levines first three essays discuss Thomas Mores preoccupation with the distinction between history and fiction; Erasmuss biblical criticism and the contribution of Renaissance philology to critical method; and the way in which Renaissance rhetoric, as in Thomas Elyots Book of the Governor, continued to inhibit the autonomy of history. He then shows how these issues persisted into the eighteenth century, even as critical method developed, with essays that cover such topics as the old rivalry between the two cultures (science versus the humanities); the idea of Greek antiquity in the Battle of the Books; and Vicos historical philosophy as a response to the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns. He concludes with a close description of the great controversy that culminated in Edward Gibbons day over the authenticity' of a biblical text that had been used for centuries to defend the Trinity but which turned out to be a forgery. Levine suggests that it was the new historical criticism that determined the outcome of this impassioned debate and coincidentally demonstrated its own autonomy. ISBN 9780226475417 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 553 15,2 x 2,3 x 22,9 cm, Original Leinen kaschiert mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth laminated with dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. 1209110

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