Morals of History Contributor(s): Todorov, Tzvetan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816622981 ISBN-13: 9780816622986 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1995 Annotation: The celebrated theorist Tzvetan Todorov offers here a thought provoking study of the complex relationship between 'ethics' and 'history'. In exploring such issues as how one practices and assesses equality among different societies, Todorov confronts topics ranging from the conquest of America and nineteenth-century colonialism, to democracy and conflicts of the Self versus the Other. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
Dewey: 909 |
LCCN: 94-28977 |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.97" W x 8.98" (0.71 lbs) 256 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Todorov, Tzvetan: - Tzvetan Todorov is a philosopher and literary theorist. He was born in Bulgaria and has lived in France since 1963. He has published more than twenty books and has been a visiting professor at universities including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the University of California, Berkeley. |