Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1 Functions of Historiography until the Mid-nineteenth Century: A Short History of the Problem 20
6. CHAPTER 2 The Theoretical Design of a New Justifi cation 63
7. CHAPTER 3 Historical Thinking and the Genealogy of the Present 103
8. CHAPTER 4 The Politics of Historical Thinking and the Limits of the New Function 146
9. Conclusion 180
10. Appendix: Droysen and His Theory of History 190
11. Bibliography 211
12. Index 227