The origin and goal of history.
By: [Translated from the German by Michael Bullock]
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Historiography
Description: First published in English in 1953, this important book from eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers deals with the philosophy of the history of mankind. More specifically, its avowed aim is to assist in heightening our awareness of the present by placing it within the framework of the long obscurity of prehistory and the boundless realm of possibilities which lie within the undecided future. This analysis is split into three parts: World history; the present and the future; and the meaning of history.