Books in the British Idealist Studies, Series 2: Collingwood series

This book argues that Collingwood developed a complete political philosophy of civilization. It also demonstrates that his philosophical work comprises a unity in which there is no fundamental discontinuity between his earlier and later writings.

In this book Marnie Hughes-Warrington begins with the facet of Collingwood's work best known to teachers - re-enactment - and locates it in historically-informed discussions on empathy, imagination and history education.

This book argues that Collingwood's philosophy is best understood as a diagnosis of and response to a crisis of Western civilisation. He is demonstrated to be working in the traditions of Romanticism and 'historicism'.

R G Collingwood''s philosophy of history reflected his historical practices and his moral philosophy. Reflection on historical practice provided him with a theory of knowledge; his moral philosophy provided him with a theory of the object of history. This study shows how Collingwood''s concepts of action and history developed together.