{"product_id":"lloyd-structures-history-studies-in-social-discontinuity-9780631184652","title":"Lloyd Structures History (Studies in Social Discontinuity)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Structures of History Christopher Lloyd questions whether narration on its own can provide a real understanding of history  and addresses in philosophical and practical terms the fundamental problems of whether it is possible to know and to explain the history of human societies  and if so how these tasks might be approached.  The book revolves around an inquiry into the general nature of historical structures  how these have been studied by historians  anthropologists  sociologists and philosophers  and how they relate to events  actions and beliefs. The author draws upon a wide range of reference in the philosophy of history and science  and in the writings of historians and social scientists during the last two centuries. The thrust of his account is against the relativism of such as Rorty  Foucault and Derrida  and for the complex socio-historical realism exemplified in the writings of Geertz  Gellner  Ladurie and Mann.  Christopher Lloyd concludes that an objective understanding of the past is not an impossible ambition  and he provides a searching analysis of the framework and methods necessary to its realization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67915574968373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0631184651","price":249.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780631184652.jpg?v=1794030135","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lloyd-structures-history-studies-in-social-discontinuity-9780631184652","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}