On the future of history : the postmodernist challenge and its aftermath / Ernst Breisach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breisach, Ernst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism--Social aspects.

Postmodernism.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What does postmodernism mean for the future of history? Can one still write history in postmodernity? To answer questions such as these, Ernst Breisach provides the first comprehensive overview of postmodernism and its complex relationship to history and historiography. Placing postmodern theories in their intellectual and historical contexts, he shows how they are part of broad developments in Western culture. Breisach sees postmodernism as neither just a fad nor a universal remedy. In clear and concise language, he presents and critically evaluates the major views on history held by influential postmodernists, such as Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, and the new narrativists. Along the way, he introduces to the reader major debates among historians over postmodern theories of evidence, objectivity, meaning and order, truth, and the usefulness of history. He also discusses new types of history that have emerged as a consequence of postmodernism, including cultural history, microhistory, and new historicism. For anyone concerned with the postmodern challenge to history, both advocates and critics alike, On the Future of History will be a welcome guide.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

A Prefatory and Introductory Note

Part 1. A Preliminary Exploration of the Postmodernist Challenge

Part 2. Postmodernity as the Triumph of Continuity: Structural Postmodernism

Part 3. Postmodernity as the Age of Dominant Change: Poststructuralist Postmodernism

Part 4. Poststructuralist Postmodernism and the Reshaping of Society

Part 5. Concluding Observations

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786611125363

9781281125361

1281125369

9780226072814

0226072819

OCLC:

476228830