Historical teleologies in the modern world

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The work Historical teleologies in the modern world represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Historical teleologies in the modern world

Statement of responsibility

edited by Henning Trüper, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Contributor

• Chakrabarty, Dipesh
• Trüper, Henning
• Subrahmanyam, Sanjay

Editor

• Chakrabarty, Dipesh
• Trüper, Henning
• Subrahmanyam, Sanjay

Subject

• Historiography -- Philosophy
• Teleology
• History, Modern -- 19th century
• Intellectual life -- History -- 19th century
• Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century
• History -- Philosophy
• History, Modern -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Historical Teleologies in the Modern World tracks the fragmentation and proliferation of teleological understandings of history--the notion that history had to be explained as a goal-directed process--in Europe and beyond throughout the 19th and into the 20th century. Historical teleologies have profoundly informed a variety of other disciplines, including modern philosophy, natural history, literature, humanitarian and religious philanthropism, the political thought and practice of revolution, emancipation, imperialism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, the conceptualization of universal humankind, and the understanding of modernity in general. By exploring the extension and plurality of historical teleology, the essays in this volume revise the history of historicity in the modern period. Historical Teleologies in the Modern World casts doubt on the idea that a single, if powerful, conception of time could function as the unifying principle of all modern historicity, instead pursuing an investigation of the plurality of modern historicities and its underlying structures. By bringing together Western and non-Western histories, this book provides the first extended treatment of the idea of historical teleology. It will be of great value to students and scholars of modern global and intellectual history"--

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• Europe's legacy in the modern world

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Europe's legacy in the modern world