Interpretations of History: From Confucius to Toynbee

by Alban Gregory Widgery

In this volume, originally published in 1961, the author presents an exposition of the meanings given to history. Part 1 describes the conceptions of history impied in wide-spread religions and cultures, Confucian and Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist, Zoroastrian and Muslim, Greek and Roman, Jewish and Christian. Part 2 surveys the theories of independent thinkers and schools in the Occident from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138192635
• ISBN13: 9781138192638
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages