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The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

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Authors:
  1. Robert L. Carneiro

    1. American Museum of Natural History, New York

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Philosophy of History

    Pages 1-12

  3. The Changing Faces of History

    Pages 13-46

  4. The Thorny Thickets of History

    Pages 47-82

  5. What Drives the Engine of History?

    Pages 83-107

  6. The Great Man and Ideas as Prime Movers

    Pages 109-143

  7. How to Turn History into Science

    Pages 145-175

  8. The Culture Process and Its Determinants

    Pages 177-198

  9. Are There Laws of History?

    Pages 199-232

  10. Proposed Laws of Culture

    Pages 233-255

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 257-307
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About this book

Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a `chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with `meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.

Reviews

`The Muse of History and the science of Culture is an engaging retrospective on Carneiro's most influential work. This is likely to be a book that is discovered and rediscovered for a long time. Carneiro's approach to anthropology is unabashedly scientific and he should be respected for his steadfastness in a discipline that blows hot and cold with each new wind.'
American Antiquity, 66:4 (2001)
`[...]Carneiro deserves praise for dealing with one of the most important questions in both social science and history. This book will have the affect of helping social scientist and scholars more self-consciously examine their assumptions regarding the nature of history and the role the social sciences and the humanities in historical investigations.'
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 37:3 (2001)
'[...] the range of authorities cited makes the book a fascinating read. [...]the polemics themselves, and the thoughtful development of the literature, makes this book a useful source, and the author's infectious enthusiasm for his project should be widely emulated.'
Science and Society, 66 (2002)

Authors and Affiliations

  • American Museum of Natural History, New York

    Robert L. Carneiro

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Muse of History and the Science of Culture

  • Authors: Robert L. Carneiro

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b107556

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46272-6Published: 30 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46273-3Published: 30 April 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47179-7Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 307

  • Topics: Anthropology, Archaeology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, History, general

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