The New History.
Munslow, Alun.
The New History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (244 pages) - History: Concepts,Theories and Practice Series . - History: Concepts,Theories and Practice Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the series -- Introduction -- Section One: Epistemology and Historical Knowing -- Chapter 1: Epistemology and historical thinking -- Chapter 2: Reality and correspondence -- Section Two: Referentiality, Evidence and Practice -- Chapter 3: Evidence, inference, causation and agency -- Chapter 4: Objectivity, truth and relativism -- Section Three: Theory and Concept -- Chapter 5: The history of social theory -- Chapter 6: Constructing history(ies) -- Section Four: The-Past-as-History -- Chapter 7: Narrative and representation -- Chapter 8: History is historiography -- Conclusion -- Guide to key reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
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'.
9781317873594
Historiography.
Electronic books.
D16.7
901
The New History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (244 pages) - History: Concepts,Theories and Practice Series . - History: Concepts,Theories and Practice Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the series -- Introduction -- Section One: Epistemology and Historical Knowing -- Chapter 1: Epistemology and historical thinking -- Chapter 2: Reality and correspondence -- Section Two: Referentiality, Evidence and Practice -- Chapter 3: Evidence, inference, causation and agency -- Chapter 4: Objectivity, truth and relativism -- Section Three: Theory and Concept -- Chapter 5: The history of social theory -- Chapter 6: Constructing history(ies) -- Section Four: The-Past-as-History -- Chapter 7: Narrative and representation -- Chapter 8: History is historiography -- Conclusion -- Guide to key reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
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'.
9781317873594
Historiography.
Electronic books.
D16.7
901