Alun Munslow

The New History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important new textbook provides an evaluation and overview of the state of history as it is imagined, conceptualised and practised today. Written by one of the leading 'postmodern historians' working today, the book represents a provocative re-thinking of our engagement with the past. From its explicit postmodern position the book addresses the significance of the difference between 'the past' and 'history'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781138158207
• ISBN-10: 1138158208
• Artikelnr.: 69949238

Autorenporträt

Alun Munslow is editor of the journal Rethinking History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is History?
Section One: Epistemology and Historical Knowing
1. The History of Historical Thinking
2. Inference, Causation, Agency and Meaning
Section Two: Referentiality, Evidence and Practice
3. Evidence, Reality and Correspondence
4. Objectivity, Truth and Relativism in History
Section Three: Theory and Concept
5. The History of Social Theory
6. Constructing Histories
Section Four: Writing the Past as History
7. Narrative and Representation
8. History as Historiography
Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
Notes