LEADER 03318nam 2200517 a 450 001 9910809195803321 005 20240416145914.0 010 $a0-674-02958-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674029583 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300145 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300145 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313863 035 $a(OCoLC)923109521 035 $a(DE-B1597)589938 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674029583 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786820 100 $a20040323d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory, theory, text $ehistorians and the linguistic turn /$fElizabeth A. Clark 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $ax, 325 p 311 $a0-674-01516-9 311 $a0-674-01584-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references p. ([193]-318) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: An Overview --$t1 Defending and Lamenting History --$t2 Anglo-American Philosophy and the Historians --$t3 Language and Structures --$t4 The Territory of the Historian --$t5 Narrative and History --$t6 The New Intellectual History --$t7 Texts and Contexts --$t8 History, Theory, and Premodern Texts --$tAbbreviations and Frequently Cited Books --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn this work of sweeping erudition, one of our foremost historians of early Christianity considers a variety of theoretical critiques to examine the problems and opportunities posed by the ways in which history is written. Elizabeth Clark argues forcefully for a renewal of the study of premodern Western history through engagement with the kinds of critical methods that have transformed other humanities disciplines in recent decades. History, Theory, Text provides a user-friendly survey of crucial developments in nineteenth- and twentieth-century debates surrounding history, philosophy, and critical theory. Beginning with the "noble dream" of "history as it really was" in the works of Leopold von Ranke, Clark goes on to review Anglo-American philosophies of history, schools of twentieth-century historiography, structuralism, the debate over narrative history, the changing fate of the history of ideas, and the impact of interpretive anthropology and literary theory on current historical scholarship. In a concluding chapter she offers some practical case studies to illustrate how attending to theoretical considerations can illuminate the study of premodernity. Written with energy and clarity, History, Theory, Text is a clarion call to historians for richer and more imaginative use of contemporary theory. 606 $aHistoriography 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aChristian literature, Early$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aHistoriography. 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aChristian literature, Early$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a907/.2 700 $aClark$b Elizabeth A$g(Elizabeth Ann),$f1938-2021.$01638192 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809195803321 996 $aHistory, theory, text$94114571 997 $aUNINA