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Is a Universal History Possible?
Week 5 (Sun 19th – Sat 25th)
Wednesday 22nd May
Recollection Lecture: Is a Universal History Possible?
Prof David Engels (Brussels & Poznań).
Must a systematic comparison of civilisations automatically lead to a historical relativism where truth becomes a mere matter of style? Or is it possible to identify, behind the uncompromising workings of history, a subliminal metaphysical sense that is neither a Eurocentric variation of the history of salvation, nor a vulgar theory of accumulation and process?
Date:
22 May 2024, 16:00
Venue:
Pusey House
Speaker:
Prof David Engels (Brussels & Poznań).
Part of:
Recollection Lectures
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Claire MacLeod
