The new history / / Alun Munslow

• Autore: Munslow Alun <1947->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 907.2; 901
• Soggetto topico: History - Philosophy; Historiography
• Note generali: First published 2008 by Pearson Education Limited.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 historiographyConclusion; Guide to key reading; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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'.
• Titolo autorizzato: The new history
• ISBN: 1-315-83734-X; 1-317-87358-0; 1-317-87359-9; 1-281-38474-7; 9786611384746; 1-4082-1168-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960346203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History: Concepts,Theories and Practice