History has always been more than just the past. It involves a relationship between past and present, perceived, on the one hand, as a temporal chain of events

In this book, the noted intellectual historian Frank Ankersmit provides a systematic account of the problems of reference, truth, and meaning in historical writ

Focusing on the notion of representation and on the necessity of distinguishing between representation and description, this book argues that the traditional se

In this book, the noted intellectual historian Frank Ankersmit provides a systematic account of the problems of reference, truth, and meaning in historical writ

"The abuse of history is common and quite possibly once more on the rise. Although this is well documented, there is no general theory that enables historians t