Books by RG Collingwood
“It was only after I came to Harvard to teach that I sat down and read his wonderful autobiography. I can’t think of many experiences in my life more exciting than that. It’s a tremendously profound reflection on history and historical method. Collingwood was a very eclectic thinker. He did both archaeology and philosophy, and his insight that historians are re-enacting – even recreating – the past is very profound.” Read more...
Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences
Niall Ferguson, Historian
Interviews where books by RG Collingwood were recommended
Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson tells us about the diverse influences on his work, from Keynes and Tolstoy to an Austrian satirist. He explains how he prefers a philosophy of history that emphasises the contingent and the chaotic, rather than the neatly predictable.
