Rage and Denials

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Arguments

1 Romantic Afflictions

2 Geist Versus Vernunft

3 Art and Venom

4 Liberal Humanist Rejoinder

5 Renarrativizations

6 Reverberations

Conclusion: Hubris and Method

Appendix: The Individualism-Collectivism Debate in Historical Materialism and Sociology

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“Rage and Denials combines an exhaustive historical survey with philosophical acumen to provide an impassioned statement about the ethics of historiography.”

—Ian Verstegen, University of Pennsylvania