Past Futures – The Impossible Necessity of History Martin Paperback

Past Futures\nby Ged Martin\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ged Martin\nTitle: Past Futures\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History: theory and methods\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2004\nEdition: 2nd edition\nISBN-13: 9780802086457\nISBN-10: 0802086454\nRRP: \u00A332.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nBy nature, human beings seek to make sense of their past. Paradoxically, true historical explanation is ultimately impossible. Historians never have complete evidence from the past, nor is their methodology rigorous enough to prove causal links. Although it cannot be proven that 'A caused B,' by redefining the agenda of historical discourse, scholars can locate events in time and place history once again at the heart of intellectual activity.\.