| Description |
viii, 204 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Key contemporary thinkers |
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Key contemporary thinkers.
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| Contents |
How to Read Hayden White.--Humanist Historicism : The Italian White.--Liberation Historiography: The Politics of History.--The Historical Imagination : Four Modes of Realism.--The Power of Discourse : White's Structuralist Adventure.--Masks of Meaning : Facing the Sublime.--Figuring History : The Modernist White |
| Summary |
This new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White's thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White's core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present. Starting with White's medievalist research and youthful fascination for French existentialism, Paul shows how White became increasingly convinced that historical writing is a moral activity. He goes on to argue that the critical concepts that have secured White's fame - trope, plot, discourse, figural realism - all stem from his desire to explicate the moral claims and perceptions underlying historical writing. White emerges as a passionate thinker, a restless rebel against scientism, and a defender of existentialist humanist values. This innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online (Table of contents) |
| Subject |
White, Hayden V., 1928-2018.
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History -- Philosophy.
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Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Historiography.
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History -- Philosophy.
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History, Modern -- Historiography -- 20th century.
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History, Modern -- 20th century -- Historiography.
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Literature and history.
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| ISBN |
0745650139 |
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0745650147 |
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9780745650135 |
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9780745650142 |
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