num_pages: 166
description: The fundamental thesis of this book [is] that the belief in historical destiny is sheer superstition, and that there can be no prediction of the course of human history by scientific or any other rational methods... excerpt from book's Historical Note
language: English
title: The Poverty of Historicism
titlecomplete: The Poverty of Historicism
genres: Social Science, Theory, Politics, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, Classics, Sociology, History, Society
ratings_count: 1366
publisher: Harper Torchbooks