The Crisis from Within: Historians, Theory, and the Humanities
- ISBN-10
- 9004292721
- ISBN-13
- 9789004292727
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 282
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-05-12
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Nigel Raab
Description
In The Crisis from Within, Nigel Raab examines analytic problems which emerge when philosophical and literary theories are introduced in historical analysis. By drawing from a vast range of historical works, it highlights dangers inherent to using theory.
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