A history of history / / Alun Munslow

• Autore: Munslow Alun <1947-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 907.2
• Soggetto topico: Historiography; History - Methodology; History - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 that the past possesses its own narrative. What is offered in this book is a far-reaching and fundamental rethinking of realist and representationalist 'history of a particular kind' by addressing and explaining the ideas of major philosophers of history over the past three hund
• Titolo autorizzato: A history of history
• ISBN: 1-136-24059-4; 1-283-91942-7; 0-203-10256-8; 1-136-24060-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810788603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II