Aesthetics of History

This book offers an understanding and analysis of the aesthetics of historying through the specific concepts and process of the fabricated, factitious, factional, factious, factitive, factive, factualist, fictitious, fictive and the figurative. These concepts create the(ir) connection(s) between "the past" and 'history" hitherto rethink the nature of "the historical past." There are many different available 'forms' of histories that shape the minds of historians when they deploy their historical imaginations through "the past(s) via their preferred history creations." For every historian and every history reader, there is a different experience of "the history past aesthetic."

List of contents

Introduction 1. Factional 2. Factitious 3. Fabricated 4. Factious 5. Factitive 6. Factive 7. Factualist 8. Fictitious 9. Fictive 10. Figurative. Conclusion

About the author

Alun Munslow is Professor Emeritus of History and Historical Theory at Staffordshire University and held various professorial chairs.

Summary

This book offers an understanding and analysis of the aesthetics of historying through the specific concepts and process of the fabricated, factitious, factional, factious, factitive, factive, factualist, fictitious, fictive and the figurative.

Product details

• Authors: Alun Munslow
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2019
• EAN: 9780367272739
• ISBN: 978-0-367-27273-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Routledge Approaches to History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; PHILOSOPHY / General, History: theory & methods, Philosophy, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, Historiography, History: theory and methods