140×215 (60×90/16), hard cover, 248 pp., 2005
ISBN 7-86793-348-2

Nikolai Koposov’s critique is prompted by the current crisis in humanitarian studies. Social science is a product of democratic ideology: thus, the crisis in social studies is closely linked to the crisis in contemporary democratic society. How does this crisis manifest itself? Does social science possess the resources to evolve, or will it be replaced by a new cultural practice? Koposov’s book is a collection of articles and reviews on the history and current state of social studies, historiography in particular. The author focuses especially on the development and disintegration of the present-day system of basic historical concepts.

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