{"product_id":"history-and-the-human-condition-a-historians-pursuit-of-knowledge-9781610171625","title":"History and the Human Condition: A Historian's Pursuit of Knowledge","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This the best introduction to the historical craft of John Lukacs . . . one of the true creative geniuses of his profession.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a career spanning more than sixty-five years, John Lukacs (1924-2019) established himself as one of our most accomplished historians. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory and the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Lukacs offers his profound reflections on the very nature of history, the role of the historian, the limits of knowledge, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Guiding us on a quest for knowledge, Lukacs ranges far and wide over the past two centuries. The pursuit takes us from Alexis de Tocqueville to the atomic bomb, from American \"exceptionalism\" to Nazi expansionism, from the closing of the American frontier to the passing of the modern age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lukacs's insights about the past have important implications for the present and future. In chronicling the twentieth-century decline of liberalism and rise of conservatism, for example, he forces us to rethink the terms of the liberal-versus-conservative debate--and what true conservatism is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lukacs concludes by shifting his gaze from the broad currents of history to the world immediately around him. His reflections on his home, his town, his career, and his experiences as an immigrant to the United States illuminate deeper truths about America, the challenges of modernity, the sense of displacement that increasingly characterizes twenty-first-century life, and much more. Moving and insightful, this closing section masterfully displays how right Lukacs was that history, at its best, is personal and participatory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory and the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is John Lukacs's final word on the great themes that defined him as a historian and a writer. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Lukacs has created a body of work unmatched by any American historian of the 20th (let alone 21st) century.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One of the more incisive historians of the twentieth century.\" \u003c\/i\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"One of the outstanding historians of the generation and, indeed, of our time.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJacques Barzun\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Dawn to Decadence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intercollegiate Studies Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610171625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"John Lukacs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38025829253301,"sku":"9781610171625","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6bb8605d-28fa-47f4-9230-abb5ae592b28.jpg?v=1609188706","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/history-and-the-human-condition-a-historians-pursuit-of-knowledge-9781610171625","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}