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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Introduction: Politics and History
Modernity and History I: What is Modernity?
Modernity and History II: On the Edge of Modernity?
From Feudalism to Capitalism: History and Politics in the Scottish Enlightenment
Political Eschatology and Soteriological Nationalism in Nineteenth Century Germany
Liberalism and Historicism: Benedetto Croce and the Political Role of Idealism in Modern Italy 1890-1952
Political Reality and History in the Work of Eric Voegelin
History, Politics and the Sense of Sin: The Case of Reinhold Niebuhr
The Future and Catastrophe: The Concept of History in Italian Futurism
Biographical Sketches of the Authors
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EUI - Series C - 2 Moulakis (Ed.), The Promise of History

European University Institute Institut Universitaire Européen Europäisches Hochschulinstitut Istituto Universitario Europeo

Series C Politicai and Social Sciences Sciences Politiques et Sociales Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften Scienze Politiche e Sociali 2

Badia Fiesolana - Firenze

The Promise of History Essays in Political Philosophy

Edited by

Athanasios Moulakis

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G_ 1986

Walter de Gruyter • Berlin • New York

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Main entry under title: The Promise of history. (Series C, Political and social sciences ; 2 = Sciences politiques et sociales ; 2) Contents: Modernity and history I — Modernity and history II / Tilo Schabert — From feudalism to capitalism : history and politics in the Scottish Enlightenment / Richard Bellamy — Political eschatology and soteriological nationalism in nineteenth-century Germany / Jiirgen Gebhardt — [etc.] 1. Political science—History—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Historiography—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Moulakis, Athanasios, 1945II. Series: Series C—Political and social sciences ; 2. JA83.P75 1985 320'.09 ISBN 0-89925-107-2 (U.S.)

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The promise of history : essays in polit, philosophy / ed. by Athanasios Moulakis. Berlin ; New York : de Gruyter, 1985. (European University Institute : Ser. C, Political and social sciences ; 2) ISBN 3-11-010043-6 N E : Moulakis, Athanasios [Hrsg.]; Istituto Universitario Europeo