Words in Time - 9781138943742

Taylor & Francis

Words in TimeA Plea for Historical Re-thinking\nAuthor(s): Francesco Benigno\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138943742, 978-1138943742\nSynopsis\nThrough questions such as What is power?, How are revolutions generated?, Does public opinion really exist?, What does terrorism mean? and When are generations created?, Words in Time scrutinizes the fundamental concepts by which we confer meaning to the historical and social world and what they actually signify, analysing their formation and use in modern thought within both history and the social sciences. \n\nIn this volume, Francesco Benigno examines the origins and development of the words we use, critiquing the ways in which they have traditionally been employed in historical thinking and examining their potential usefulness today. Rather than being a general inventory or a specialized dictionary, this book analyses a selection of words particularly relevant not .