Philosophy of History

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About.com FAQ - Brief introductory summary of the Philosophy of History.

Annotated Bibliography for the Philosophy of History - Bibliography of many of the major philosophy of history works. Each book mentioned has an explanatory comment.

Christian Philosophy of History - Comparison between Jacques Maritain and Nicolas Berdyaev's Christian philosophy of history and their impact on the Christian views of history and of mankind's future.

Cultural Philosophy of History - Rando's blog, which includes a review of Danto, Gress and Collins's cultural philosophy of history

Daniel Little’s New Philosophy of History - Links to documents containing Professor Little's application of the philosophy of science's approach to the philosophy of history.

The End of History and the Last Man - Wikipedia - Wikipedia entry for Francis Fukuyama's essay, which challenges the Marxist philosophy of history

Enlightenment: Objectivist Scholarship - Articles from authors following the method of objectivity.

Feminist History of Philosophy - Addresses the male-centric distortions in the main philosophies of history.

Five Epochs of Civilization - Summary of William McGaughey's "Five Epochs of Civilization", which splits history into four epochs each centered on a key communication technology. The fifth epoch is his prediction of the future.

Forrester, Rochelle - Site attempts to explain the causes of historical social and cultural change, featuring articles about the discovery of agriculture, the invention of the steam engine, chemistry, and the nature of reality.

Friesian School's Philosophy of History - Essays on philosophy of history from the Proceedings of the Friesian School. Summaries of Asian and ancient European philosophies of history.

Game Theory of Human History - Robert Wright summarizes his book "Nonzero: The Logic Of Human Destiny", which uses game theory to develop a philosophy of history.

Geoffrey Elton's Philosophy of History - Summary of the historian Geoffrey Elton's philosophy of history.

Hayden White's "Metahistory" - Summarizes Hayden White's book "Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth Century Europe", which categories 19th Century historians and philosophers of history.

Hegel's Philosophy of History - Hegel's philosophy of history from a historian's perspective.

Historical Coincidences - Compilation of coincidental dates, numbers and names that link historical events.

History and the Philosophy of History - George Burton Adams' presidential address to the American Historical Association in 1908.

Ibn Khaldun - Life and Work - Summary of the influential Muslim philosopher's work - in the context of his life experiences.

Identities: How Governed, Who Pays? - Universal principles of governance in history, based on the concept of individual and group identity, by H. B. Paksoy.

Islamic Philosophy of History - Al-Islam site's explanation of the (Shi'ite) Islamic philosophy of history.

Karl Jaspers and The Axial Age - Article on Karl Jaspers' theory of the Axial Age, which was the time period that laid the foundations of modern society

Karl Popper - Karl Popper's criticism of the belief that history is determined by rules.

Marxist Philosophy of History - Extract from Cornelius Castoriadis's "Socialism or Barbarism" proposing that the philosophical roots of Stalinism were present in Marxism and Leninism.

The Meaning of History: an Islamic Perspective - Imam Baqir al-Sadr's philosophy of history, including comparisons with Western philosophies of history.

Miller, John William - Joseph Fell's summary of John William Miller's philosophy.

New Confucianism - Review of Umberto Bresciani's book "Reinventing Confucianism"

The Next Society - Nathan Davis's "The next stage: society after capitalism", which modifies Historical Materialism to predict a future history.

Ortega y Gasset, Jose - Works in English by and about José Ortega y Gasset.

Phenomenological Reading of Lao-Tzu - Review of Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching in terms of the West's understanding of Chinese Philosophy. [PDF]

Philosophers of History - Summarizes the works of St. Augustine, Kant, Herder, Hegel, Marx, Spengler and Toynbee.

Philosophy of History - Paul Newall's contribution to the Galilean Library. Introductory summary of the subject.

Philosophy of History: A Guide for Students - M.C. Lemon's introduction to the Philosophy of History, aimed at students of history. Published by the Questia Online Library.

Philosophy of History Archive - A Russian site (in English) offering a listing of philosophy of history resources worldwide.

Philosophy of history: Hegel, Spengler, Schleicher - Critical presentation of Hegel's philosophy of history, Oswald Spengler's "Decline of the West", and August Schleicher's philosophy of language-history

Progressive Socialism Philosophy of History - Philosophy of history by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar - founder of the Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) also known as Progressive Socialism.

Pyramid of the Sun - Essays about the effects of hierarchical structures on governments, organized religions and corporations.

Terrorism and the Philosophy of History - Andrew Fiala's article in "Essays in Philosophy" about liberal responses to terrorism in terms of philosophy of history.

Theory and History - Ludwig von Mises's book "Theory and History: An interpretation of social and economic evolution", which criticizes historicism, scientism and dialectical materialism.

Trinitarian Philosophy of History - Explains the Trinitarian philosophy of history, which is based on the proposition that each individual is a balancing trinity of spirit-mind-body.

Variations on a Theme: History as Knowledge of the Past - E-text of lectures by George L. Anderson.

Wikipedia Definition - Brief introductory summary of the Philosophy of History.

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