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Title Philosophy of history after Hayden White / edited by Robert Doran
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

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Series Bloomsbury studies in American philosophy
Bloomsbury studies in American philosophy.
Contents Introduction: choosing the past : Hayden White and the philosophy of history / Robert Doran -- History as fulfillment / Hayden White -- A cognitivist approach to tropology / F.R. Ankersmit -- Deliver us from a-historicism : metahistory for non-historians / Mieke Bal -- Hayden White's hope, or, The politics of prefiguration / Karyn Ball -- Hayden White and me : two systems of philosophy of history / Arthur C. Danto -- Uneven temporalities/untimely pasts : Hayden White and the question of temporal form / Harry Harootunian -- Hopeful monsters, or, The unfulfilled figure in Hayden White's conceptual system / Hans Kellner -- Rhetorical theory/theoretical rhetoric : some ambiguities in the reception of Hayden White's work / Gabrielle M. Spiegel -- Hayden White and non-non-histories / Richard T. Vann -- From the problem of evil to hermeneutic philosophy of history : for Hayden White / Gianni Vattimo -- Comment / Hayden White
Summary This anthology of new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars explores the ground-breaking work of Hayden White, whose thought, beginning with his seminal Metahistory (1973), has revolutionized the way we think about the philosophy of history, historiography, narrative, and the relation between history and literature. Representing a variety of disciplines and approaches, the contributions to this volume testify to the far-reaching effects and significance of White's philosophy of history. Individual essays relate White's ideas to contemporary art, cognitive studies, Heideggeria
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject White, Hayden V., 1928-2018
SUBJECT White, Hayden V., 1928-2018 fast
White, Hayden V. 1928-2018 gnd
Subject Historiography.
History -- Philosophy.
Literature and history.
historiography.
History of the Americas.
Literary studies: general.
Philosophy.
HISTORY -- General.
Historiography
History -- Philosophy
Literature and history
Geschichtsphilosophie
Historiografi.
Historiefilosofi.
Litteratur och historia.
Form Electronic book
Author Doran, Robert, 1968-
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