PART 1 (HoPAA #160a):

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This series was originally titled "The Search for a Meaningful Past" and is available on YouTube.

Chapters:

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:12) Arnold Toynbee and World Historical Speculation

(00:47:26) R. G. Collingwood “The Idea of History”

(01:33:36) Positivist Historiography

(02:19:48) Arthur Danto's Narration and Knowledge

(03:06:20) Fernand Braudel's “On History”

(03:52:11) Poststructuralism and the Linguistic Turn

(04:39:06) William McNeill's “Plagues and People”

(05:25:46) The Heterogeneity of Historical Knowledge

(06:10:32) Outro

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#160b - The Meaning of History (2 of 2): Darren Staloff on Arnold Toynbee, R. G. Collingwood, Positivism, Arthur Danto, Fernand Braudel, Poststructuralism, and William McNeill's “Plagues and People”