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Haber, Francis Colin was born on April 21, 1920 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur and Amelia (Glenfield) Haber.
(This work is intended as a study in the history of ideas,...)
This work is intended as a study in the history of ideas, and, although a specific theme is pursued, I hope that its total effect will be to shed some light on historicism, which has been described by Friedrich Meinecke, in his classic Die Entstehung des Historisrmis (1936), as the greatest spiritual revolution Western thought has undergone. Although Meinecke sclaim has been contested, and the validity of the underlying assumptions of historicism seriously questioned, much of our thinking is still shaped within the framework of historicism. The meaning of the term historicism varies slightly in the hands of different writers, but in the main it represents a view of history wherein it is held that individual events are unique, time is irreversible, and the whole is permeated with a process of change and development. In a recent anthology touching on this subject, Hans Meyerhoff, as editor, remarks: Process and individuality, change, the transiency of time and the concreteness of historical facts have remained the cornerstones of historicism. (T heP hilosophy of History in Our Time D oubleday Anchor Books, 1959, p. 11.) A gain, in criticizing it, Geoffrey Barraclough has said of historicism: It substituted the concepts of development and individuality for belief in the stability of human nature and in reason. (I bid., p. 29.) As history grew into a specialized discipline in the last century, its subject matter was narrowed to human history alone. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original for
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Haber, Francis Colin was born on April 21, 1920 in Flint, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur and Amelia (Glenfield) Haber.
Student, University Iowa, 1940-1941; Bachelor of Arts, University Connecticut, 1948; Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1951; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1957.
Associate editor, Maryland. History Magazine, 1952-1953;
reference librarian, Peabody Institute Library, 1953-1955;
editor, Maryland. History Magazine
librarian, Maryland.
History Society, Baltimore, 1955-1958;
assistant professor, U. Florida, 1958-1963;
associate professor, U. Florida, 1963-1966;
professor, U. Maryland., College Park, from 1966;
department chairman history, U. Maryland., College Park, 1968-1971.
(This work is intended as a study in the history of ideas,...)
(The Age of the World: Moses to Darwin)
Served with United States Merchant Marine, 1941-1945. Fellow Royal History Society (London). Member International Society for Study of Time.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Ruth E. Owens, 1943 (divorced). 1 son, Robert O.; married Margaret A. Wilson, 1987.