{"product_id":"the-limits-of-history-paperback","title":"The Limits of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConstantin Fasolt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So argues Constantin Fasolt in \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of History\u003c\/i\u003e, an ambitious and pathbreaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313\/14-57), two antipodes in early modern battles over the principles of European thought and action that ended with the triumph of historical consciousness. Proceeding according to the rules of normal historical analysis-gathering evidence, putting it in context, and analyzing its meaning-Fasolt uncovers limits that no kind of history can cross. He concludes that history is a ritual designed to maintain the modern faith in the autonomy of states and individuals. God wants it, the old crusaders would have said. The truth, Fasolt insists, only begins where that illusion ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With its probing look at the ideological underpinnings of historical practice, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of History\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that history presupposes highly political assumptions about free will, responsibility, and the relationship between the past and the present. A work of both intellectual history and historiography, it will prove invaluable to students of historical method, philosophy, political theory, and early modern European culture.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo argues Constantin Fasolt in \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of History\u003c\/i\u003e, an ambitious and pathbreaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313\/14-57), two antipodes in early modern battles over the principles of European thought and action that ended with the triumph of historical consciousness. Proceeding according to the rules of normal historical analysis--gathering evidence, putting it in context, and analyzing its meaning--Fasolt uncovers limits that no kind of history can cross. He concludes that history is a ritual designed to maintain the modern faith in the autonomy of states and individuals. God wants it, the old crusaders would have said. The truth, Fasolt insists, only begins where that illusion ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its probing look at the ideological underpinnings of historical practice, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of History\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that history presupposes highly political assumptions about free will, responsibility, and the relationship between the past and the present. A work of both intellectual history and historiography, it will prove invaluable to students of historical method, philosophy, political theory, and early modern European culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstantin Fasolt\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCouncil and Hierarchy: The Political Thought of William Durant the Younger\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor and translator of \u003ci\u003eHermann Conring's New Discourse on the Roman-German Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 347\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610502787379,"sku":"9780226101248","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/REZONFdGaXVHcmx0RkpoR3FvQVZaZz09.webp?v=1761828812","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-limits-of-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}