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[ Between "Hedgehogs" and "Foxes" : Notes about historians]
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2015 280 p Serie: (Nauchnoe prilozhenie. Vyp.134 Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 9785444802250 Language: Russian
"The Hedgehog and the Fox" is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin. The title is a reference to a fragment attributed to the ancient Greek poet Archilochus: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing". This division is especially applicable to historians. This book is a collection of articles about and interviews with modern historian in Russia and France. What are their professional criteria and philosophy? What they are thinking about each other? The author is a Russian historian of France and specialist on source studies. (0.365 kg.)