LEADER 05135oam 2200793I 450 001 9910453572903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-138-16931-5 010 $a1-317-86987-7 010 $a1-317-86986-9 010 $a1-315-83610-6 010 $a1-281-34719-1 010 $a9786611347192 010 $a1-4058-9863-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315836102 035 $a(CKB)1000000000553057 035 $a(EBL)1574781 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306551 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12067941 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306551 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298958 035 $a(PQKB)10215222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1574781 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4976999 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1574781 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10813746 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691652 035 $a(OCoLC)869091967 035 $a(OCoLC)897462679 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4976999 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL134719 035 $a(OCoLC)1027141332 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000553057 100 $a20180706e20132005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPostmodernism for historians /$fCallum G. Brown 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (366 p.) 300 $a"First published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-322-60370-7 311 $a0-582-50604-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aHow 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 327 $aWider 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 327 $aRe/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 327 $aFurther readingWeb links; Index 330 $aPostmodernism 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 clear language, it takes the reader through the chain of theory that developed in the 20th century to become now, in the early 21st century, the leading stimulant of new forms of research in History.With separate chapters on The Sign, The Discourse, Post/Structuralism, The Text, T 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aHistory$xMethodology 606 $aPostmodernism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aHistory$xMethodology. 615 0$aPostmodernism. 676 $a907/.1 700 $aBrown$b Callum G.$f1953-,$0954078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453572903321 996 $aPostmodernism for historians$92157612 997 $aUNINA