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History as the story of liberty
Benedetto Croce
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Frontmatter
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Foreword (page 7)
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PART I
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I. What Makes a History Book History (page 15)
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II. Truth in History Books (page 19)
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III. The Unity of an Historical Work (page 23)
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IV. The Historical Meaning of Necessity (page 27)
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V. Historical Knowledge Considered as Complete Knowledge (page 32)
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VI. The Categories of History and the Forms of the Spirit (page 37)
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VII. The Distinction Between Action and Thought (page 40)
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VIII. Historiography as Liberation from History (page 43)
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IX. History Considered as a Premise of the Struggle Between Value and Non‐value (page 46)
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X. History as Action (page 50)
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XI. Moral Activity (page 55)
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XII. History as the History of Liberty (page 59)
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PART II HISTORICISM AND ITS HISTORY
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I. Its Own Character and the Beginning of Its Own Age (page 65)
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II. Historicism Complete and Incomplete (page 78)
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III. The Anecdote (page 118)
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IV. The Imagination‒The Anecdote and Historiography (page 127)
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V. Philology, History and Philosophy (page 133)
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VI. The "Philosophy of History" (page 140)
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VII. Philosophy as an Antiquated Idea (page 147)
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VIII. The Identity of the Judgment of Events with the Knowledge of Their Genesis (page 151)
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IX. Objections (page 154)
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PART III HISTORIOGRAPHY AND POLITICS
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I. The So‐called Irrational in History (page 161)
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II. Political Historiography (page 170)
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III. Historians and Politicians (page 175)
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IV. Historiography--Partisan and Non-partisan (page 179)
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V. The Preparatory and Non‐determinate Character of Historiography as Regards Action (page 187)
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VI. The Need for Historical Knowledge where Action is Concerned (page 196)
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Two Marginal Notes (page 200)
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PART IV HISTORIOGRAPHY AND MORALS
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I. Moral Judgment in Historiography (page 207)
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II. Psychological Historiography (page 214)
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III. Religious Historiography (page 219)
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IV. Ethico‐Political Historiography and Economic Facts (page 223)
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V. Political Parties and their Historical Character (page 227)
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VI. Strength and Violence, Reason and Impulse (page 235)
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VII. Moral Life and Economic Ordinances (page 241)
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VIII. Ideal Perpetuity and Historical Formations (page 245)
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IX. Religious Piety and Religion (page 250)
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X. History and Utopia (page 256)
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PART V PROSPECTS OF HISTORIOGRAPHY
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I. History Does Not Repeat Itself and Does Not Preserve Itself Intact (page 265)
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II. Shades of Agnosticism, Mysticism and Scepticism, and the Light of Historical Truth (page 272)
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III. Humanity in Fragments and Integral Humanity (page 278)
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IV. History to be Written and History Not to be Written (page 282)
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V. Historiography and Naturalism (page 288)
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VI. Nature as History, not as History Written by Us (page 292)
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VII. Prehistory and History (page 298)
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VIII. Chronological and Historical Epochs (page 301)
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IX. Natural Species and Historical Formations (page 306)
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X. Poetry and Historiography (page 310)
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XI. Historicism and Humanism (page 315)
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Index (page 321)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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ET | 52.1 (Oct. 1941):116-117 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2988954 |
ASR | 9.5 (Oct. 1944): 571-572 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2085323 |
IARS | 19.5 (Jun. 1941): 267-268 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3026124 |
JHI | 2.4 (Oct. 1941): 505-508 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2707024 |
JAAC | 2.5 (Spring, 1942): 54-55 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/426812 |
JP | 38.23 (Nov. 1941): 635-641 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2017209 |
PSQ | 57.4 (Dec. 1942): 624-626 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2144772 |