Clio among the Muses : Essays on History and the Humanities / Peter Charles Hoffer.
2013
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Title
Clio among the Muses : Essays on History and the Humanities / Peter Charles Hoffer.
ISBN
9781479862528
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9781479862528.001.0001 doi
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D16
Dewey Decimal Classification
907.2
Summary
History helps us understand change, provides clues to our own identity, and hones our moral sense. But history is not a stand-alone discipline. Indeed, its own history is incomplete without recognition of its debt to its companions in the humane and social sciences. In Clio among the Muses, noted historiographer Peter Charles Hoffer relates the story of this remarkable collaboration. Hoffer traces history's complicated partnership with its coordinate disciplines of religion, philosophy, the social sciences, literature, biography, policy studies, and law. As in ancient days, when Clio was preeminent among the other eight muses, so today, the author argues that history can and should claim pride of place in the study of past human action and thought.Intimate and irreverent at times, Clio among the Muses synthesizes a remarkable array of information. Clear and concise in its review of the companionship between history and its coordinate disciplines, fair-minded in its assessment of the contributions of history to other disciplines and these disciplines' contributions to history, Clio among the Muses will capture the attention of everyone who cares about the study of history. For as the author demonstrates, the study of history is something unique, ennobling, and necessary. One can live without religion, philosophy and the rest. One cannot exist without history. Rigorously documented throughout, the book offers a unique perspective on the craft of history.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. History and Religion
2. History and Philosophy
3. History and the Social Sciences
4. History and Literature
5. History and Biography
6. History and Policy Studies
7. History and the Law
Conclusion
Notes
A Very Short Bibliography (with Annotations)
Index
About the Author
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. History and Religion
2. History and Philosophy
3. History and the Social Sciences
4. History and Literature
5. History and Biography
6. History and Policy Studies
7. History and the Law
Conclusion
Notes
A Very Short Bibliography (with Annotations)
Index
About the Author