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The 'idea' of universal history : what the owl heard, the angel saw, and the idiot said

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Abstract

This essay considers the similarities and differences between world history, global history, and universal history. It demonstrates how a philosophical, and specifically a teleological, understanding of history is central to the idea of universal history. To a certain extent, this philosophical version of universal history transcends both world history and global history in that some versions of each of those are in fact universal histories of this very kind.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-209
Number of pages13
JournalNew Global Studies
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • history
  • world history

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