Prising open conflicting intellectual notions about the function of history in a divided society, this will be an informative and stimulating addition to the study of Irish history. Providing a new and stimulating conceptual framework for the study of Irish historiography, this book combines a theoretical approach with close analysis of important case studies and presents the first historical and theoretical examination of the trailblazer historians who, from 1938, spearheaded an unpoliticized Irish history
Prising open conflicting intellectual notions about the function of history in a divided society, this will be an informative and stimulating addition to the study of Irish history.Providing a new and stimulating conceptual framework for the study of Irish historiography, this book combines a theoretical approach with close analysis of important case studies and presents the first historical and theoretical examination of the trailblazer historians who, from 1938, spearheaded an unpoliticized Irish history
Part 1: History and Theory in the Irish Debate : Foes or Allies ? 1. The Intellectual Mood in the 1990s 2. The Revisionist : A New Type of Intellectual Part 2: The Genesis of Modern Historical Scholarship in Ireland 3. Internal Critique : Vicissitudes and Potentials 4. The Loss of History and the New Historians' Fight against Propaganda on the Irish and Continental 'Front' 5. The Clash between the New Historians and the Bureau of Military History Part 3: The Great Famine: The Crisis of Representation and the Limits of Empirical History 6. Weaknesses in Ethnographic Method 7. Theoretical Underpinnings and their Impact 8. The Claims of Memory and Critique Part 4: Master Narratives: Discarding of Historical Thinking ? 9. The Epistemological and Philosophical Position of Irish Revisionism 10. The Revolution Comes Under Revisionist Scrutiny 11. The Concept of Totalitarianism : Comparison and its Pitfalls 12. Revision, Deconstruction, Semiology : Similar Methods? Part 5: Tensions between Theoretical Intuition and Empirical Reflex 13. Relativism and its Opponents 14. The Problematic of Ends and Means 15. Grappling with the Problem of Objectivity Bibliography Index
Part 1: History and Theory in the Irish Debate : Foes or Allies ? 1. The Intellectual Mood in the 1990s 2. The Revisionist : A New Type of Intellectual Part 2: The Genesis of Modern Historical Scholarship in Ireland 3. Internal Critique : Vicissitudes and Potentials 4. The Loss of History and the New Historians' Fight against Propaganda on the Irish and Continental 'Front' 5. The Clash between the New Historians and the Bureau of Military History Part 3: The Great Famine: The Crisis of Representation and the Limits of Empirical History 6. Weaknesses in Ethnographic Method 7. Theoretical Underpinnings and their Impact 8. The Claims of Memory and Critique Part 4: Master Narratives: Discarding of Historical Thinking ? 9. The Epistemological and Philosophical Position of Irish Revisionism 10. The Revolution Comes Under Revisionist Scrutiny 11. The Concept of Totalitarianism : Comparison and its Pitfalls 12. Revision, Deconstruction, Semiology : Similar Methods? Part 5: Tensions between Theoretical Intuition and Empirical Reflex 13. Relativism and its Opponents 14. The Problematic of Ends and Means 15. Grappling with the Problem of Objectivity Bibliography Index
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