History Man: The Life of R.G. Collingwood
History Man: The Life of R.G. Collingwood
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历史人物：R.G. 的一生
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10.1080/13507486.2010.534880
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2010
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Admir Skodo
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Admir Skodo
英国哲学家、历史学家和考古学家RG·科林伍德(RG Colingwood，1889-1943)的研究在过去十年左右见证了复兴。这位思想家是历史哲学中的主要人物之一，对他的研究掀起了一股巨大的热潮，使知识分子历史学家和哲学家们感受到了这一点。当然，科林伍德从未真正被遗忘，但可以肯定的是，他今天受到的关注比以往任何时候都多。但需要明确的是，科林伍德的研究主要关注的不是罗宾·乔治·科林伍德这个人，而是他的思想，无论是从语境的历史角度还是纯粹的概念角度来理解。直到现在，关于科林伍德的传记还从未被写过。弗雷德·英格利斯和其他许多作品一起写了克利福德·格尔茨的传记，他承担了写第一本关于科林伍德的传记的任务。关于这一巧妙而辛酸的叙述，确实有很多可以说，或者更确切地说，可以讨论的是，但实际的限制迫使我保持简短。首先，我将对这本书做一个简短但具有评价性的总结，然后对英格丽斯对科林伍德的一些主要部分进行更详细的评价。在10个章节中，Inglis邀请读者体验一位学者写的生活故事--按照博斯韦尔、斯特拉奇和伍尔夫等人物的英国生活写作风格--正在实践传记艺术，传达了对科林伍德生活的真实而又最令人愉快的叙述。英格利斯的传记忠实于他的文化研究背景，展示了对科林伍德生活和思想所嵌入的社会和文化背景的无可挑剔的洞察力。关于科林伍德在康尼斯顿的家(在湖区)，他的家庭生活，他的个性和与他人的关系，19世纪上半叶牛津的知识、文化和社会氛围，以及更多，我们看到了史无前例的大量细节。我认为可以肯定地说，这本书将作为任何希望熟悉科林伍德生活的社会、文化和个人环境的学者的标准参考。
The study of the English philosopher, historian and archaeologist RG Collingwood (1889–1943) has witnessed a renaissance in the last decade or so. A massive surge of studies of this thinker, one of the main figures in the philosophy of history, is making itself felt among intellectual historians and philosophers. Of course, Collingwood has never really been forgotten, yet it is safe to say that he is receiving more attention today than ever before. But let it be clear, Collingwood studies is not primarily concerned with the person Robin George Collingwood, but rather his thought, whether understood from a contextual historical or purely conceptual perspective. A biography of Collingwood has never been written, until now that this.Fred Inglis, who, among other and many works has written a biography of Clifford Geertz, has undertaken the task of writing the first biography on Collingwood. There is indeed much to be said, or rather discussed, about this ingeniously and poignantly written account, but practical limitations force me to be brief. I will first give a short, yet evaluative, summary of the book, and then proceed to a more detailed evaluation of some main parts of Inglis’ understanding of Collingwood. In 10 chapters Inglis invites the reader to experience the story of a life written by a scholar who–in that British vein of writing lives stemming from figures such as Boswell, Strachey, and Woolf–is practising the art of biography, conveying a factually accurate yet most enjoyable narrative of Collingwood’s life. True to his background in cultural studies, Inglis’ biography shows an impeccably perceptive eye for the social and cultural contexts in which Collingwood’s life and thought were embedded. We are presented with an unprecedented plethora of details concerning Collingwood’s home in Coniston (in the Lake District), his family life, his personality and relations to other people, the intellectual, cultural, and social atmosphere in Oxford in the first half of the nineteenth century, and much, much more. I think it is safe to say that this book will act as a standard reference for any scholar who wishes to familiarise him or herself with the social, cultural, and personal milieus in which Collingwood lived.