Teaching historical narratives : a philosophical inquiry into the virtues of historical interpretation / Jon A. Levisohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levisohn, Jon A., author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Inquiries in Philosophy and Education.

Bloomsbury Inquiries in Philosophy and Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Methodology.

History.

History--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

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Summary:

With this book Jon Levisohn argues that current history education is set up in a way that sees students of history at one end of a continuum with the academic experts in the field of history at the other, and where the goal of history education is to help students to think like historians. Building on a critical engagement with Carl Hempel, Hayden White, and David Carr, as well as contemporary work in virtue epistemology, Levisohn proposes a new theory of historiography which serves as a set of guidelines for the teaching and learning of history. According to the theory, the work of historiography is best characterized as a negotiation among narratives, weaving together received narratives with new information and ideas in order to construct a new narrative. This negotiation happens with a particular orientation towards negative evidence or 'flexible disconfirmationism', and is assessed according to the openness, sensitivity, responsibility, creativity, boldness and humility, i.e. the virtues of historical interpretation. The book rethinks the work of history education, offering new ways of thinking about the goals of the teaching of history, namely, in terms of the cultivation of the interpretive virtues.

Contents:

Series Editor's Foreword Introduction 1. The Study of the Study of History 2. In Search of a Theory of Historiography Adequate to Practice 3. Hayden White and Stories about Stories about History 4. Where Do Stories Come From? 5. How to Improve the Stories that We Tell 6. The Virtues of Historical Interpretation: A Closer Look Conclusion References Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350433403

1350433403

9781350468627

1350468622

9781350433410

1350433411

OCLC:

1470851563