Admir Skodo – författare

This book examines the legacy of philosophical idealism in twentieth century British historical and political thought. It demonstrates that the absolute idealism of the nineteenth century was radically transformed by R.G. Collingwood, Michael Oakeshott, and Benedetto Croce. These new idealists developed a new philosophy of history with an emphasis on the study of human agency, and historicist humanism. This study unearths the impact of the new idealism on the thought of a group of prominent revisionist historians in the welfare state period, focusing on E.H. Carr, Isaiah Berlin, G.R. Elton, Peter Laslett, and George Kitson Clark. It shows that these historians used the new idealism to restate the nature of history and to revise modern English history against the backdrop of the intellectual, social and political problems of the welfare state period, thus making new idealist revisionism a key tradition in early postwar historiography.

This book examines the legacy of philosophical idealism in twentieth century British historical and political thought. It demonstrates that the absolute idealism of the nineteenth century was radically transformed by R.G. Collingwood, Michael Oakeshott, and Benedetto Croce. These new idealists developed a new philosophy of history with an emphasis on the study of human agency, and historicist humanism. This study unearths the impact of the new idealism on the thought of a group of prominent revisionist historians in the welfare state period, focusing on E.H. Carr, Isaiah Berlin, G.R. Elton, Peter Laslett, and George Kitson Clark. It shows that these historians used the new idealism to restate the nature of history and to revise modern English history against the backdrop of the intellectual, social and political problems of the welfare state period, thus making new idealist revisionism a key tradition in early postwar historiography.

Other Logics: Alternatives to Formal Logic in the History of Thought and Contemporary Philosophy challenges the widespread idea of formal logic as inherently monolithic, universal, and ahistorical. Written by both leading and up-and-coming scholars, and edited by Admir Skodo, Other Logics offers a wide variety of historical and philosophical alternatives to this idea, all arguing that logic is a historical, concrete, and multi-dimensional phenomenon. To name a few examples, Frank Ankersmit lays down a representationalist logic, Alessandra Tanesini forcefully argues for the possibility of logical aliens, Christopher Watkin analyzes how leading contemporary French philosophers view the idea of logic, and Aaron Wendland unearths Heidegger's critique of formal logic. In Other Logics readers will find provocative interventions in a highly contested field in contemporary philosophy.Contributors include: Frank Ankersmit, Christopher Watkin, Giuseppina D'Oro, Alessandra Tanesini, Admir Skodo, Aaron Wendland, Ervik Cejvan, Anders Kraal, Christopher Fear, Karim Dharamsi, Johan Modée, and Thord Svensson.

Det vi gillar mest med denna kondenserade historia är att vi får en chans att begripa vad som hände nästan samtidigt på hela klotet. Dessutom kan vi, med hjälp av namn- och platsregistren, äntligen få lite reda i alla gaggiga middagsdiskussioner. Aftonbladet Världens historia i årtal är en fullmatad översikt över världens historia från 1500 till idag. Boken rymmer 500 år som myllrar av liv. Under perioden händer mycket av det som format och färgat vår civilisation: världsomseglingar görs, med kolonialismen ritas världskartan om, naturvetenskapen gör fantastiska framsteg och demokratin växer fram. Världskrig bryter ut och tar slut, atombomber fälls. I kronologisk ordning och med årtalsrubriker som gör det lätt att hitta, beskrivs i korta notiser de händelser som haft betydelse för världens politiska, sociala och kulturella utveckling. Innehållet kompletteras med ett urval illustrativa kartor. Björn Lundberg, Hugo Sandelin och Admir Skodo har sammanställt materialet. De har alla varit verksamma på Historiska institutionen på Lunds universitet. Historiska Media har tidigare gett ut Sveriges historia i årtal, som med samma upplägg som Världens historia i årtal ger oss det viktigaste ur svensk historia.