On "what is history?" : from Carr and Elton to Rorty and White / Keith Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Keith, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On `What is History?' provides a student introduction to contemporary historiographical debates.Carr and Elton are still the starting point for the vast majority of introductory courses on the nature of history. Building on his highly successful Rethinking History, Keith Jenkins explores in greater detail the influence of these key figures. He argues that historians need to move beyond their `modernist' thinking and embrace the postmodern-type approaches of thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Hayden White.Through its radical critique of Carr and Elton and its champion

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction: history, theory, ideology; Chapter 1 History today; SECTION ONE: WORKING THE PAST-HISTORY DISTINCTION; SECTION TWO: FOUR IMPLICATIONS OF BENNETT, ANKERSMIT AND WHITE; SECTION THREE: SOME REACTIONS AND SOME RESPONSES; LOCATING CARR, ELTON, RORTY AND WHITE; Chapter 2 On E.H.Carr; ON CARR BEING SCEPTICAL; ON CARR BEING POSITIVE; CARR TODAY; Chapter 3 On Geoffrey Elton; CONVICTIONS AND PREJUDICES; ON PRINCIPLES; ON ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHOD; ON WRITING HISTORY

USING ELTON TODAY: THE POVERTY OF EXPERIENCE Chapter 4 On Richard Rorty; SECTION ONE: ON TRUTH; SECTION TWO: ON DEFINING AND USING 'TRUTH'; SECTION THREE: ON METAPHOR; SECTION FOUR: A POLITY OF RORTIES; SECTION FIVE: DEBATING RORTY; SECTION SIX: ON HISTORY-FROM RORTY TO WHITE; Chapter 5 On Hayden White; SECTION ONE: THE POLITICS OF HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION; SECTION TWO: ON NARRATIVE; SECTION THREE: ON THE USE OF WHITE; SECTION FOUR: LOOSE ENDS; Notes; Further reading; BOOKS ON POSTMODERNISM; BOOKS ON POSTMODERNISM AND HISTORY; ARTICLES ON HISTORY AND POSTMODERNISM; OTHER ARTICLES

Index of names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-197) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-86174-5

1-280-11492-4

0-203-99381-0

9780203993811

OCLC:

475954357