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Zusatztext This book is about two related subjects: the enigmas, paradoxes, contingencies, and contradictions inherent in any and all attempts to understand, come to grips with, and free ourselves from history; and the intellectual itinerary of Hayden White. I suggest that readers begin with White’s eloquent and brief closing “Comment” before moving on to the shrewd and erudite reflections that precede it. Informationen zum Autor Robert Doran is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester, USA. He is the author of The Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant and the editor of The Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007 , by Hayden White, and Mimesis and Theory, Essays on Literature and Criticism, 1953-2005 , by René Girard. Klappentext This anthology of new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars explores the ground-breaking work of Hayden White, whose thought, beginning with his seminal Metahistory (1973), has revolutionized the way we think about the philosophy of history, historiography, narrative, and the relation between history and literature. Representing a variety of disciplines and approaches, the contributions to this volume testify to the far-reaching effects and significance of White's philosophy of history. Individual essays relate White's ideas to contemporary art, cognitive studies, Heideggerian hermeneutics, experimental history, Kant's transcendental philosophy, analytic philosophy of history, Marxist cultural theory, the Kantian sublime, and American academic historiography. A substantial introduction by the editor traces the genesis of White's philosophy of history, situating it with respect to both the Anglo-American and Continental traditions. The volume also features a previously unpublished essay by White, which offers a concise overview of his later thought, and a "Comment" written specifically for this volume, in which White revisits the question of the philosophy of history. Vorwort This anthology of essays by an international group of leading scholars explores the controversial and ground-breaking work of Hayden White on the philosophy of history. Zusammenfassung This anthology of new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars explores the ground-breaking work of Hayden White, whose thought, beginning with his seminal Metahistory (1973), has revolutionized the way we think about the philosophy of history, historiography, narrative, and the relation between history and literature. Representing a variety of disciplines and approaches, the contributions to this volume testify to the far-reaching effects and significance of White's philosophy of history. Individual essays relate White's ideas to contemporary art, cognitive studies, Heideggerian hermeneutics, experimental history, Kant's transcendental philosophy, analytic philosophy of history, Marxist cultural theory, the Kantian sublime, and American academic historiography. A substantial introduction by the editor traces the genesis of White's philosophy of history, situating it with respect to both the Anglo-American and Continental traditions. The volume also features a previously unpublished essay by White, which offers a concise overview of his later thought, and a "Comment" written specifically for this volume, in which White revisits the question of the philosophy of history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Note \ List of Contributors \ List of Illustrations \ Introduction: Choosing the Past: Hayden White and the Philosophy of History Robert Doran \ 1. History as Fulfillment Hayden White \ 2. A Cognitivist Approach to Tropology F. R. Ankersmit \ 3. Deliver Us from A-Historicism: Metahistory for Non-Historians Mieke Bal \ 4. Hayden White's Hope, or the Politics of Prefiguration Karyn Ball \ 5. Hayden White and Me: T...
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Robert Doran is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester, USA. He is the author of The Ethics of Theory (Bloomsbury, 2016) and the editor of Philosophy of History After Hayden White (Bloomsbury, 2013).
