History theory

[Michael J. Sidnell]

F.H. Bradley might fit the bill, Moira, with his idea of "critical 
history"; or one of his successors, such as R.G. Collingwood.
Michael

Moira Day wrote:

>	I feel like a bit of a fool asking this, but I was talking today
>with  one of my students about somebody's theory of history that stressed
>that the past, far from being rigid and set was a dynamic, growing organism
>that constantly shifted, changed and grew as one's understanding of the
>present and future changed - with our understanding of human identity,
>personal and communal coming out of that tension between the three - and
>discovered to my chagrin that the author and source had completely slipped
>my mind at a time when I needed to give it to him. Can anyone help me with
>this? I know it was someone fairly canonical working more out of a
>mythic/archetypal/anthropological perspective than a postmodern one.
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>Thanks.
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>Moira
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