From this point of view, the substantive histories adopted by existential thinkers as different as Heidegger and Sartre should perhaps be read less as scientific accounts, defensible in third-person terms, than as articulations of the historical situation from the perspective of what that situation is taken to demand, given the engaged commitment of their authors.
Authenticity does not depend on some particular substantive view of history, some particular theory or empirical story.
What we so desperately need -- and yes this does put the class of 2010 at a particular crossroads -- is for you to bring every critical thinking skill at your disposal, and then some more, to bring all of the substantive knowledge of history, diverse cultures and societies, ethics and politics -- bring all of these to the table.
A move would create a 21st-century twist on the history of substantive collecting, from institutions to private collectors: buying something and taking it home.
But he did less quipping, speaking instead about more substantive matters, like the history of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, or Glazunov's place in the pantheon of late-19th- and early-20th-century composers (second level but not to be dismissed lightly).
It erupts into fictionalized dramas or fanciful films, but its most substantive exhibition, an extensive history of United States slavery, anxiously crams in material as if making up for lost opportunities elsewhere in the cavernous building.
Societies, academics and even one of his own advisers condemned the education secretary for drawing up a curriculum which narrowly focuses on British history without substantive consultation with teachers and academics.
"Almost going on two years, the department has not communicated the most substantive changes in the history of education in New York to parents and yet it's doing P.R. for itself," Ms. Moskowitz said.
It's a fine sampling that makes a good argument for Nyro's substantive place in rock history (though over 90 minutes, Nyro's singular sound echoes itself enough that it may weary nondevotees.) In any case the four vocalists, Mandy Gonzalez, Anika Noni Rose and Ronnell Bey, in addition to Ms. Kuhn, turn the show into a rewarding concert.
