International Relations and the Philosophy of History
Subtitle: A Civilizational Approach
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780333713631
Subjects: Historiography; International relations; Political science & theory; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; History; Philosophy
First sentence: With a curious statement in the first of his essays collected in Civilization on Trial, Toynbee tells us how he came to be a historian: 'Why am I a historian, not a philosopher or physicist? For the same reason that I drink tea and coffee without sugar.'