Marnie Hughes-Warrington

History as Wonder

Beginning with Historiography

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Produktbeschreibung

History and Wonder is a refreshing new take on the idea of history that tracks the entanglement of history and philosophy over time through the key idea of wonder. Accessible, engaging and wide-ranging, this is an original addition to the field of historiography and is ideal for those both new to and familiar with the study of history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781138846227
• ISBN-10: 1138846228
• Artikelnr.: 53502847

Autorenporträt

Marnie Hughes-Warrington is a professor of history at the Australian National University. She is the author of several historiography books, including Fifty Key Thinkers on History (three editions), History Goes to the Movies (2007) and Revisionist Histories (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction: Beginning with History as Wonder 1. Sense
and Non-sense in Ancient Greek Histories 2.Wonderful and Curious Histories
in Pre-Modern Europe 3. The Wonders of History in the Pre-Modern Islamic
World 4. Wonder Against Ritual: Strange Chinese Histories 5. Historical
Cabinets of Curiosity in Early Modern Europe 6. Spirited Histories in
Modern Europe 7. Seeing the Wonder Trick in Histories of the Moving Image
8. History's Others, History's Ethics: Gendering Wonder 9. Renewing Wonder
in Postcolonial Histories 10. The Banality of History Conclusion: I Wonder
as I Wander Bibliography Index