Leon ter Schure is an independent scholar who received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

"Bergson and History is groundbreaking and merits a wide readership in the humanities and social sciences. It is full of fresh and original insights. Ter Schure has read widely and deeply, and there is a productive engagement throughout the book with contemporary resources." — Keith Ansell-Pearson, author of Bergson: Thinking Beyond the Human Condition

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: History, Presentism, Bergsonism1. The Case of the London Cenotaph2. Historiography, Modernity, and the Acceleration of Time3. Bergson and the Crisis of the Modern Regime of Historicity4. A World Made Out of Time5. The Survival of the Past6. Historical Creation7. The Dream of ProgressConclusion: Assessing PresentismBibliographyIndex

Leon ter Schure is an independent scholar who received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

"Bergson and History is groundbreaking and merits a wide readership in the humanities and social sciences. It is full of fresh and original insights. Ter Schure has read widely and deeply, and there is a productive engagement throughout the book with contemporary resources." — Keith Ansell-Pearson, author of Bergson: Thinking Beyond the Human Condition

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: History, Presentism, Bergsonism1. The Case of the London Cenotaph2. Historiography, Modernity, and the Acceleration of Time3. Bergson and the Crisis of the Modern Regime of Historicity4. A World Made Out of Time5. The Survival of the Past6. Historical Creation7. The Dream of ProgressConclusion: Assessing PresentismBibliographyIndex

Leon ter Schure is an independent scholar who received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

"Bergson and History is groundbreaking and merits a wide readership in the humanities and social sciences. It is full of fresh and original insights. Ter Schure has read widely and deeply, and there is a productive engagement throughout the book with contemporary resources." — Keith Ansell-Pearson, author of Bergson: Thinking Beyond the Human Condition

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: History, Presentism, Bergsonism1. The Case of the London Cenotaph2. Historiography, Modernity, and the Acceleration of Time3. Bergson and the Crisis of the Modern Regime of Historicity4. A World Made Out of Time5. The Survival of the Past6. Historical Creation7. The Dream of ProgressConclusion: Assessing PresentismBibliographyIndex