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... present , the would - be scientists flung them- selves into a present sundered from the past . In England , France , and elsewhere , social scientists never broke so sharply from history and thus never achieved so distinctive an ...
... present , the would - be scientists flung them- selves into a present sundered from the past . In England , France , and elsewhere , social scientists never broke so sharply from history and thus never achieved so distinctive an ...
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... present paper explores the underlying implications of the divided heritage I had received . This divergence in approaches to intellectual history may be understood as occurring under the influence of the broader cultural cleavage ...
... present paper explores the underlying implications of the divided heritage I had received . This divergence in approaches to intellectual history may be understood as occurring under the influence of the broader cultural cleavage ...
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... present needs , and his pronouncements are tentative and undogmatic . But his sym- pathies are limited , and his criticism does not go deep . Criteria that rest on a program of practical action take account of a restricted present as ...
... present needs , and his pronouncements are tentative and undogmatic . But his sym- pathies are limited , and his criticism does not go deep . Criteria that rest on a program of practical action take account of a restricted present as ...
Contents
THE SCHISM IN AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP | 3 |
Intellectual HISTORY AND ITS NEIGHBORS | 27 |
THE STUDY OF AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY | 41 |
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