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Postmodernism for Historians.

Postmodernism is an essential approach to History. This is the first dedicated primer on postmodernism for the historian. It offers a step-by-step guide to postmodern theory, includes a guide to how historians have applied the theory, and provides a review of why its critics are wrong. In simple and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Callum G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Copyright Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Character; Aims; Structure; The origins of postmodernism; The two core principles of postmodernism; Notes; 1. Empiricism; Theory; The Enlightenment; Empiricism and history; Social-science History; Application in history; Postmodernist attitudes to empiricism; The three natures of empiricism; The event, the fact and the narrative; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; Notes; 2. Sign; Theory; Elementary semiotics; Written/spoken signs; Sign modes and forms/mediums; Literalness of the sign. 
505 8 |a How signs relate to 'reality'Theory summary; Application in History; Historians' words; Decoding (1): Cats and Witches; Decoding (2): Carnival; Decoding (3): Food, old age, death; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 3. Discourse; Theory; Defining discourse; The discourse of History; Authorship; Theory summary; Application in History; In/sanity and sex; Women; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 4. Poststructuralism; Theory; Structuralism; Poststructuralism; Application in history; Class; Postcolonialism. 
505 8 |a Wider applicationsFor the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 5. Text; Theory; The text; Narratives; Metanarratives; Deconstructing the text; The past is a text; Reading history: the text as primary source; Writing history: the text as secondary source; Application in history; Cats again -- Deconstructing the massacre story; A story of disputed identity; Images as texts; New ways of writing History; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 6. Self; Theory; The social construction of the individual; Application in history; Memory. 
505 8 |a Re/deconstructing the self: the witch and the childReflexivity of the historian; Agency; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 7. Morality; Theory; Morality; The secular character to postmodernity; The past as not-history; Application in history; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 8. Criticism of postmodernism in History; Facts and empiricism; The problem with discourse; Poststructuralism; Text; The problem with the self; Is History really moral?; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; Conclusion; Glossary. 
505 8 |a Further readingWeb links; Index. 
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