Encounters: Philosophy of History After Postmodernism [1 ed.] 0813917662, 0813917670

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Encounters

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Encounters Philosophy of History after Postmodernism Ewa Doma11ska

University Press of Virginia Charlottesville and London

The University Press of Virginia © 1998 hy the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First published 1998 @ The paper used in this puhlication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39 .48 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Domafiska, Ewa. Encounters : philosophy of history after postmodernism / Ewa Doma11ska. cm. p. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 8139 1766 2 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0 8139 1767 0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. History Philosophy. I. Title. 1998 Dl6.8.D635 98 10323 901 dc21 CIP

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Contents

Acknowlcdgments About the Contributors

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Introduction ALLAN MEGILL

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Interviews HAYDEN W Hil'E HANS KELLNER FRANKLIN R. ANKERSMIT GEORG G. IGGERS JllRZY TOPOLSKI JORN RUSEN ARTHUR C. DANTO LIONEL GOSSMAN PETER BURKE STEPHEN BANN EWA DOMAN SKA (selfinterview)

Postscript LYNN HUNT

Works Cited Index

13 39 67 100 114 138 166 188 211 234 257

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Acknowledgments

This book is the result of an intellectual adventure that began in 199 3. It would not have come into existence but for the extraordinary support of the professors I interviewed: Hayden White, Hans Kellner, Franklin R. Ankersrnit, Georg G. Iggers, Jorn Ritsen, JcrzyTopolski, Arthur C. Danto, Lionel Gossman, Peter Burke, Stephen Bann. They found time to talk with me. I would like to thank each and every one of them not only for their time but also for their tolerance and patience. For me the meetings and interviews were the precious source ofunconventional learning. They were also the source of inspiration and unfixgettable experiences. I would also like to express my gratitude to Professor Allan Megill and Professor Lynn Hunt for writing the introduction and postscript to my collection of interviews. I am particularly grateful to my master professor, Jerzy Topolski, and to Professor Ankersmit and Professor Kellner for all their help and advice. It sustained my enthusiasm. I also want to thank the Institute of History of Adam Mickiewicz University and the faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Groningen for their financial contributions. warm thanks are due to Marta Dubrzynska and Bartosz Fasiecki, who carried out my graphical project of the manuscript design. I am also grate­ ful for David Slattery's helpful comments and proofreading and for Pawel Ozdowski's translation. Jonathan Megill helped review the page proofa.

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About the Contributors

FRANKLIN R. ANKERSMIT (1945).Professor of Intellectual History an