Gadamer describes the science of history that emerged in the nineteenth century as involving a disinterested approach that does not concern itself with the truth value of the claims of the past and so deals with them as mere expressions of their respective historical contexts. According to Gadamer, this regrettably neglects their potential to instruct. Gadamer criticizes “historicism” (Historismus) and argues that it favors such a disinterested approach to history more generally. In this paper an attempt is made to understand some aspects of this critique.
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-0-367-19462-8; 978-1-032-04835-2; 978-0-429-20254-4