On the Future of History : The Postmodernist Challenge and Its Aftermath / / Ernst Breisach

• Autore: Breisach Ernst
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007]; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Postmodernism - Social aspects; Historiography
• Soggetto non controllato: historical, past, present, postmodernist, postmodern, difficulties, challenges, aftermath, writing, postmodernity, questions, answers, academic, scholarly, overview, comprehensive, relationship, historiography, theory, theoretical, western, culture, cultural, evaluation, evidence, historian, social studies, terms, issues, stability, era, 20th century, anthropological, poststructuralist, movement
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- A Prefatory and Introductory Note -- Part 1. A Preliminary Exploration of the Postmodernist Challenge -- Part 2. Postmodernity as the Triumph of Continuity: Structural Postmodernism -- Part 3. Postmodernity as the Age of Dominant Change: Poststructuralist Postmodernism -- Part 4. Poststructuralist Postmodernism and the Reshaping of Society -- Part 5. Concluding Observations -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What does postmodernism mean for the future of history? Can one still write history in postmodernity? To answer questions such as these, Ernst Breisach provides the first comprehensive overview of postmodernism and its complex relationship to history and historiography. Placing postmodern theories in their intellectual and historical contexts, he shows how they are part of broad developments in Western culture. Breisach sees postmodernism as neither just a fad nor a universal remedy. In clear and concise language, he presents and critically evaluates the major views on history held by influential postmodernists, such as Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, and the new narrativists. Along the way, he introduces to the reader major debates among historians over postmodern theories of evidence, objectivity, meaning and order, truth, and the usefulness of history. He also discusses new types of history that have emerged as a consequence of postmodernism, including cultural history, microhistory, and new historicism. For anyone concerned with the postmodern challenge to history, both advocates and critics alike, On the Future of History will be a welcome guide.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the Future of History
• ISBN: 1-281-12536-9; 9786611125363; 0-226-07281-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248051603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno