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A History of History.
In a provocative analysis of European and American historical thinking and practice since the early 18th century, A History of History confronts several basic assumptions about the nature of history. Among these are the concept of historical realism, the belief in representationalism and the idea th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; A History of History; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; 1: The emergence of modern historical thinking; Introduction; Giambattista Vico, history and writing; Historicism: Kant, Herder and Hegel; Philosophy, history, language, aesthetics and science: Johann Christoph Gatterer; Disciplining the past: Ranke, realism and writing; Out of America, about America: Bancroft and Turner; Conclusion; 2: History and/as science; Introduction; How do historians of a particular kind think?
- The scientific construction of 'the-past-as-history': Karl MarxNietzsche and the deconstruction of the past; Empiricism, truth and positivism; Idealism and relativism; Pragmatism/Practical realism; Conclusion; 3: Forms of history; Social history; Political history; Gender history; Ethnicity and race history; Economic history; Conclusion; Part 2; 4: History of a particular kind and the rise of the multi-sceptical historian; Introduction; Scepticism and multi-scepticism; Epistemology and historical knowledge: Benedetto Croce, R. G. Collingwood and Michael Oakeshott
- Language and the non-existence of the pastObjectivity, explanation and truth; Meaning and interpretation; Conclusion; 5: Refiguring the past; Introduction; The nature of history; Narrative; Authorship; Performance; Fabrication, objectivity and correspondence; Conclusion; 6: An improper contempt for proper history; Introduction; Hayden White; Keith Jenkins; Robert A. Rosenstone; Sande Cohen; Frank Ankersmit; Conclusion; Part 3; 7: The presence of the past; Introduction; The experience of the past in the present; The logic of the past in the present; The aesthetic experience of the past
- Figuration, metaphors, old chairs, paintings, buildings and the 'return of the reality of the past'The subjective and history; Conclusion; 8: The end of a historical consciousness of a particular kind; Introduction; Is there a historical consciousness anymore? What is it? Do we need one?; The end of history of a particular kind (as a set of epistemic instructions); The end of historical meaning and explanation; History as invention; Irreal history(ies) and the future(s) of the past(s); Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; 1: The emergence of modern historical thinking; 2: History and/as science
- 3: Forms of history4: History of a particular kind and the rise of the multi-sceptical historian; 5: Refiguring the past; 6: An improper contempt for proper history; 7: The presence of the past; 8: The end of a historical consciousness of a particular kind; Bibliography; Index