History in the Discursive Condition - Reconsidering the Tools of Thought

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Ermarth Klappentext In this bold new book, Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth traces the broadly established challenges to modernity that now confront historians and citizens of Western societies generally. She puts forward a clear definition of both The Modern Condition and  of The Discursive Condition that challenges it, and  she briefly introduces  the most important practical implications of those challenges to accepted definitions and tools of thought.  Zusammenfassung "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: The Discursive Challenge Preface: Get Over It 1 The Modern Condition 2 The Discursive Condition Practical Implications: Some Basics 3 Individuality and Agency in the Discursive Condition 4. Discursive Time: Phase, Phrase, Rhythm 5. Method and the Tools of Thought 6. Action and Art

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Ermarth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2011
• EAN: 9780415782180
• ISBN: 978-0-415-78218-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Cultural Studies, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Political science and theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, History: theory and methods