Print version: Assis, Arthur Alfaix. What is history for? : Johann Gustav Droysen and the functions of historiography. New York : Berghahn Books, 2014 viii, 234 pages Making sense of history ; volume 17 ISBN 9781782382485
Includes bibliographical references and index
Functions of historiography until the mid-nineteenth century: a short history of the problem -- The theoretical design of a new justification -- Historical thinking and the genealogy of the present -- The politics of historical thinking and the limits of the new function -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Droysen and his theory of history.