Lover's Quarrel with the Past, A : Romance, Representation, Reading.
Although not a professional historian, the author raises several issues pertinent to the state of history today. Qualifying the 'non-historian' as an 'able' interventionist in historical studies, the author explores the relationship between history and theory within the current e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2012.
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| Series: | Making sense of history.
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| Summary: | Although not a professional historian, the author raises several issues pertinent to the state of history today. Qualifying the 'non-historian' as an 'able' interventionist in historical studies, the author explores the relationship between history and theory within the current epistemological configurations and refigurations. He asks how history transcends the obsessive 'linguistic' turn, which has been hegemonizing literary/discourse analysis, and focuses greater attention on historical experience and where history stands in relation to our understanding of ethics, religion and the current s. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857454850 0857454854 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |