In Defence of Metanarrative in the Philosophy of History
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2008-06
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Rethinking History Center, Institute of History and Political Sciences, Free International University from Moldova/Institute of History State and Law, Academy of Sciences from Moldova/ Institute of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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The aim of this paper is to consider the standard objections put against the constuction of metanarratives in the philosophy of history. The author distinguishes following intelectual sources questioning the grasp of Entirety in the philosophy of history: anti-naturalistic German philosophy of science, dogmatic Marxism, liberalism and postmodernism. Analysis of the content of these stances allows for disclose of hidden methodological and theoretical premises which are responsible for misunderstanding and critique of the historiosophical discourse.
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Metanarrative, Philosophy of history, Postmodernism, Popper
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Interstitio. East European Review of Historical Anthropology, 2008, vol. 2, no. 1(3), pp. 7-22