Routledge Companion to Historical Theory - Hardback

A wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the conceptual issues that history as a discipline and mode of thought gives rise to that offers the reader both historical and systematic treatments of these issues, as well as addressing their contemporary relevance.Written by an international team of experts who both discuss the basis of their topic and also present their own view, thereby offering the reader a cutting-edge contribution while ensuring their chapters are of interest to both to students and specialists in the field of historical theory.An indispensible companion to the study of history that provides essential reading for anyone interested in the reflection on the nature of history and our historical existence.