• Sube Singh

Robin George Collingwood was a British philosopher. He described history as a discipline in which one relieves the past in one’s own mind. His attempt to integrate history and philosophy is a scholarly contribution. The Book, “The Idea of History” (1946), is a posthumously compiled collection of Collingwood’s lectures on the issues - Thoughts and reflections about history, the philosophy of history, the use of historical imagination and evidence. The issues that occupied Collingwoods’s attention was the need to carve out a separate sphere for historical knowledge, distinct from theology, mathematics and the natural sciences. Such a separation of spheres was necessary since history concerned itself with issues and questions that none of the others considered. As a distinct branch of knowledge, a philosophy of history is also required, because one must take into account not only interpretations about the past but also the thought behind interpreting the event.

Reflection, Imagination, Sphere, Philosophy, Theology.

"A Critical Analysis of Collingwood's Conception of History", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 6, page no.730-737, June-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1706131.pdf

"A Critical Analysis of Collingwood's Conception of History", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 6, page no. pp730-737, June-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1706131.pdf