- Histoire, Philosophie, Philosophy, History
A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values.
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Cool, spare, contemplative and grave.
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- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Edward Hallet Carr
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 203
- Publisher
- Pŏmusa, Pelican Books, Planeta Pub Corp
- Editions
- 53
- Language
- und, Korean, Hindi, English
- ISBN
- 9788434466395
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“WHAT is history?”
Edward Hallett "Ted" Carr CBE FBA (28 June 1892 – 3 November 1982) was a British historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist, and an opponent of empiricism within historiography. Carr was best known for *A History of Soviet Russia*, a 14-volume history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1929 including *The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923* (3 vols.), *The Interregnum*, 1923-1924 (1 vols.), *Socialism in One Country, 1924-1926* (3 vols.), *Foundations of a Planned Economy, 1926-1929* (3 vols.), for his writings on international relations, particularly *The Twenty Years' Crisis*, and for his book *What Is History?* in which he laid out historiographical principles rejecti
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