Ideational historical agency
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- Consciousness & determinism
- By Nikolai S. Rozov, 10 January 1999. Argues that
especially in more recent times, ideas are a real historical
force. That they are regular in some fashion does not
compromise the role of consciousness and freedom in
history. Ideas are subject to external constraints and
internal mental life and are therefore subject to
explanation.
- Nikolai's reference to
worldviews
- A dialog from the PhiloOfHi list, July 1999. The meaning
and function of world views.
- Memories of a French Architect
- By Oji Onoko, This Day (Lagos), 18 March
2001, with a comment by Haines Brown. Historic preservation
supports a country's memory, without which the society
dies. Thus it is crucial to save everything possible in
museums. The image conveyed by architecture helps us solve
problems.
- Living with ideology
- A dialog from the PhilOfHi list, May 2001. When ideology
functions to draw our arguments away from solid
historiographic ground.