Historics : why history dominates contemporary society - Davies, Martin L. (London ; New York : Routledge, 2006)
Getting at what is behind history -- The already historicized world -- The concept of historics -- Historical illusions -- The logic of "sense" -- A sense of history -- Theme -- History and indiscriminate interests -- The cultural politics of distinction -- Historics -- History and sentience -- The organic conception of history -- 'The common denominator of all our sensibilities' -- 'The anguish secreted by human infirmity' -- Comprehension and history -- Apprehension and history -- Historical knowledge -- The 'prosthesis god' -- Neither art nor science -- Historical discourse -- Phantom experiences -- History as a sense-management system -- The faith of fallen Jews -- Homo studiosus -- History as symbolic re-enactment -- Coda.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-279) and index.
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Keywords: History -- Psychological aspects; History -- Philosophy; Electronic books