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About.com FAQ - http://atheism.about.com/od/philosophybranches/p/History.htm
Brief introductory summary of the Philosophy of History.

Annotated Bibliography for the Philosophy of History - http://faculty.uccb.ns.ca/areynold/paul/Default.htm
Bibliography of many of the major philosophy of history works. Each book mentioned has an explanatory comment.

Christian Philosophy of History - http://seekingwisdom.com/goubman.htm
Comparison between Jacques Maritain and Nicolas Berdyaev's Christian philosophy of history and their impact on the Christian views of history and of mankind's future.

Cultural Philosophy of History - http://www.freewebs.com/randoc/
Rando's blog, which includes a review of Danto, Gress and Collins's cultural philosophy of history

Daniel Little’s New Philosophy of History - http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~delittle/
Links to documents containing Professor Little's application of the philosophy of science's approach to the philosophy of history.

Enlightenment: Objectivist Scholarship - http://enlightenment.supersaturated.com/essays/subjects/philosophyofhistory.html
Articles from authors following the method of objectivity.

Feminist History of Philosophy - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-femhist/
Addresses the male-centric distortions in the main philosophies of history.

Five Epochs of Civilization - http://www.worldhistorysite.com/prediction.html
Summary of William McGaughey's "Five Epochs of Civilization", which splits history into four epochs each centered on a key communication technology. The fifth epoch is his prediction of the future.

Forrester, Rochelle - http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/rochelle.f/index.html
Site attempts to explain the causes of historical social and cultural change, featuring articles about the discovery of agriculture, the invention of the steam engine, chemistry, and the nature of reality.

Friesian School's Philosophy of History - http://www.friesian.com/philhist.htm
Essays on philosophy of history from the Proceedings of the Friesian School. Summaries of Asian and ancient European philosophies of history.

Game Theory of Human History - http://www.nonzero.org/intro.htm
Robert Wright summarizes his book "Nonzero: The Logic Of Human Destiny", which uses game theory to develop a philosophy of history.

Geoffrey Elton's Philosophy of History - http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/elton.htm
Summary of the historian Geoffrey Elton's philosophy of history.

Hayden White's "Metahistory" - http://www.lehigh.edu/~ineng/syll/syll-metahistory.html
Summarizes Hayden White's book "Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth Century Europe", which categories 19th Century historians and philosophers of history.

Hegel's Philosophy of History - http://www.historicalinsights.com/dave/hegel.html
Hegel's philosophy of history from a historian's perspective.

History and the Philosophy of History - http://www.historians.org/info/AHA_History/gbadams.htm
George Burton Adams' presidential address to the American Historical Association in 1908.

Ibn Khaldun - Life and Work - http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ik/klf.htm
Summary of the influential Muslim philosopher's work - in the context of his life experiences.

Identities: How Governed, Who Pays? - http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/paksoy-7/index.html
Universal principles of governance in history, based on the concept of individual and group identity, by H. B. Paksoy.

Islamic Philosophy of History - http://www.al-islam.org/universe/28.htm
Al-Islam site's explanation of the (Shi'ite) Islamic philosophy of history.

Karl Popper - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/#Soci
Karl Popper's criticism of the belief that history is determined by rules.

Miller, John William - http://www.williams.edu/resources/miller/philosophy.html
Joseph Fell's summary of John William Miller's philosophy.

Philosophers of History - http://www.history-ontheweb.co.uk/histtheory/histtheory_4.htm
Summarizes the works of St. Augustine, Kant, Herder, Hegel, Marx, Spengler and Toynbee.

Philosophy of History - http://www.galilean-library.org/int18.html
Paul Newall's contribution to the Galilean Library. Introductory summary of the subject.

Philosophy of History Archive - http://www.nsu.ru/filf/pha/
A Russian site (in English) offering a listing of philosophy of history resources worldwide.

Philosophy of History: A Guide for Students - http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=107554003
M.C. Lemon's introduction to the Philosophy of History, aimed at students of history. Published by the Questia Online Library.

Progressive Socialism Philosophy of History - http://www.prout.org/ChapterTwo.html
Philosophy of history by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar - founder of the Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) also known as Progressive Socialism.

Pyramid of the Sun - http://freehost16.websamba.com/pyramidofthesun/
Essays about the effects of hierarchical structures on governments, organized religions and corporations.

Terrorism and the Philosophy of History - http://www.humboldt.edu/~essays/fiala.html
Andrew Fiala's article in "Essays in Philosophy" about liberal responses to terrorism in terms of philosophy of history.

The End of History and the Last Man - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man
Wikipedia entry for Francis Fukuyama's essay, which challenges the Marxist philosophy of history

The Next Society - http://www.after-capitalism.com/society-after-capitalism/society-after-capitalism.html
Nathan Davis's "The next stage: society after capitalism", which modifies Historical Materialism to predict a future history.

Theory and History - http://www.mises.org/th.asp
Ludwig von Mises's book "Theory and History: An interpretation of social and economic evolution", which criticizes historicism, scientism and dialectical materialism.

Variations on a Theme: History as Knowledge of the Past - http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/anderson/
E-text of lectures by George L. Anderson.

Wikipedia Definition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_history
Brief introductory summary of the Philosophy of History.

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