metahistories

Noun

metahistory (countable and uncountable, plural metahistories)

1. The history of history itself.
   • The fundamental perspective for conceiving “metahistory” can be found in largely German thinkers. The German historicism of Herder, followed by that of Kant—who took issue with Herder's “metahistorical” interpretations, and then Kant's own students who deepened the evidence for the generational...2021, Mark E. Blum, The Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era, Anthem Press, →ISBN, page 3