Gyula Szekfü
A Study in the Political Basis of Hungarian Historiography
Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography
| Author: | Irene Raab Epstein | ISBN: | 9781317244943 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | March 31, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Irene Raab Epstein |
| ISBN: | 9781317244943 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | March 31, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This study explores the connection between politics and historical scholarship in the case of the Hungarian historian, Gyula Szekfü, whose career spanned one of the most significant and eventful periods of Hungarian history. His writing is particularly suited for an inquiry into the relationship between politics and historiography becasue the changes in Szefkü’s political and historical points of view parallelled the drastic changes which occurred in Hungary.
This study explores the connection between politics and historical scholarship in the case of the Hungarian historian, Gyula Szekfü, whose career spanned one of the most significant and eventful periods of Hungarian history. His writing is particularly suited for an inquiry into the relationship between politics and historiography becasue the changes in Szefkü’s political and historical points of view parallelled the drastic changes which occurred in Hungary.
