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1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Copyright Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Character; Aims; Structure; The origins of postmodernism; The two core principles of postmodernism; Notes; 1. Empiricism; Theory; The Enlightenment; Empiricism and history; Social-science History; Application in history; Postmodernist attitudes to empiricism; The three natures of empiricism; The event, the fact and the narrative; Conclusion; Guide to further reading; Notes; 2. Sign; Theory; Elementary semiotics; Written/spoken signs; Sign modes and forms/mediums; Literalness of the sign |
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How signs relate to 'reality'Theory summary; Application in History; Historians' words; Decoding (1): Cats and Witches; Decoding (2): Carnival; Decoding (3): Food, old age, death; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 3. Discourse; Theory; Defining discourse; The discourse of History; Authorship; Theory summary; Application in History; In/sanity and sex; Women; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 4. Poststructuralism; Theory; Structuralism; Poststructuralism; Application in history; Class; Postcolonialism |
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Wider applicationsFor the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 5. Text; Theory; The text; Narratives; Metanarratives; Deconstructing the text; The past is a text; Reading history: the text as primary source; Writing history: the text as secondary source; Application in history; Cats again -- Deconstructing the massacre story; A story of disputed identity; Images as texts; New ways of writing History; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 6. Self; Theory; The social construction of the individual; Application in history; Memory |
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Re/deconstructing the self: the witch and the childReflexivity of the historian; Agency; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 7. Morality; Theory; Morality; The secular character to postmodernity; The past as not-history; Application in history; For the student to do; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; 8. Criticism of postmodernism in History; Facts and empiricism; The problem with discourse; Poststructuralism; Text; The problem with the self; Is History really moral?; Guide to further reading; Theory; History; Notes; Conclusion; Glossary |
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Further readingWeb links; Index |
| Summary |
Postmodernism is an essential approach to History. This is the first dedicated primer on postmodernism for the historian. It offers a step-by-step guide to postmodern theory, includes a guide to how historians have applied the theory, and provides a review of why its critics are wrong. In simple and clear language, it takes the reader through the chain of theory that developed in the 20th century to become now, in the early 21st century, the leading stimulant of new forms of research in History. With separate chapters on The Sign, The Discourse, Post/Structuralism, The Text, T |
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Print version record |
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History -- Philosophy.
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History -- Methodology.
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Postmodernism.
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History -- Methodology
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History -- Philosophy
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Postmodernism
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317869870 |
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1317869877 |
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