The Idea of history

• Main Author: Collingwood, R. G 1889-1943. Robin George
• Other Authors: Dussen, W. J. van der
• Format: Book
• Published: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 1994
• Edition: Rev. ed., with lectures 1926-1928.
• Subjects: History > Philosophy
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• Item Description: Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993. With new introduction
• Physical Description: xlviii, 510 p. 20 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0192853066 (pbk.); 9780192853066

The Idea of History is the best-known work of the great Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood. Published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from his manuscripts (many of which are now lost), it examines how the idea of history has evolved from the time of Herodotus to the twentieth century, and offers Collingwood's own view of what history is. This revised edition has a substantial new introduction which discusses how scholars have responded to Collingwood's classic over the last fifty years. It also makes available for the first time some of Collingwood's lectures on the philosophy of history - essential for a fuller understanding of his thought, and in particular for the interpretation of The Idea of History itself.