Clio’s Language War
Ancient and Modern Historians at Macquarie University in the 1970s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11738151 |
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| Authors | George Parsons (Macquarie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 79.1-79.14 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1449-0854 • E-ISSN: 1833-4881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2104/ha080079 |
| OpenAlex | W2084953659 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This article is an account of the struggle to introduce ancient languages into the School of History, Philosophy and Politics at Macquarie University in the 1970s. It highlights very different views of the meaning and use of history and shows the way in which personal and philosophical issues sometimes become inextricably mixed. At another level it is the account of an academic brawl written by a participant
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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