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On 'What Is History?' : From Carr And Elton To Rorty And White.
Jenkins provides a student introduction to contemporary historiographical debates. Through its radical critique of Carr and Elton, he embraces the postmodern-type approaches of thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Hayden White.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis Ltd.,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction: history, theory, ideology; Chapter 1 History today; SECTION ONE: WORKING THE PAST-HISTORY DISTINCTION; SECTION TWO: FOUR IMPLICATIONS OF BENNETT, ANKERSMIT AND WHITE; SECTION THREE: SOME REACTIONS AND SOME RESPONSES; LOCATING CARR, ELTON, RORTY AND WHITE; Chapter 2 On E.H. Carr; ON CARR BEING SCEPTICAL; ON CARR BEING POSITIVE; CARR TODAY; Chapter 3 On Geoffrey Elton; CONVICTIONS AND PREJUDICES; ON PRINCIPLES; ON ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHOD; ON WRITING HISTORY.
- USING ELTON TODAY: THE POVERTY OF EXPERIENCEChapter 4 On Richard Rorty; SECTION ONE: ON TRUTH; SECTION TWO: ON DEFINING AND USING 'TRUTH'; SECTION THREE: ON METAPHOR; SECTION FOUR: A POLITY OF RORTIES; SECTION FIVE: DEBATING RORTY; SECTION SIX: ON HISTORY--FROM RORTY TO WHITE; Chapter 5 On Hayden White; SECTION ONE: THE POLITICS OF HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION; SECTION TWO: ON NARRATIVE; SECTION THREE: ON THE USE OF WHITE; SECTION FOUR: LOOSE ENDS; Notes; Further rea.