{"product_id":"truth-of-history-1","title":"Truth of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern relativism and postmodern thought in culture and language challenge the 'truth' of history. This book considers how all historians, confined by the concepts and forms of argument of their own cultures, can still discover truths about the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Truth of History\u003c\/em\u003e presents a study of various historical explanations and interpretations and evaluates their success as accounts of the past. C. Behan McCullagh contests that the variety of historical interpretations and subjectivity does not exclude the possibility of their truth. Through an examination of the constraints of history, the author argues that although historical descriptions do \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e mirror the past they can correlate with it in a regular and definable way.\u003cbr\u003eFar from debating in the abstract and philosophical only, the author beds his argument in numerous illuminating concrete historical examples. \u003cem\u003eThe Truth of History\u003c\/em\u003e explores a new position between the two extremes of believing that history perfectly represents the past and that history can tell us nothing true of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243787243864,"sku":"9780415171106","price":173.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415171106.jpg?v=1769080525","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/truth-of-history-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}