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Zusatztext 'With clarity of purpose and a discerning eye for the apt text! Keith Jenkins has pulled together major postmodernism themes for adventurous historians.' - Joyce Appleby! University of California! Los Angeles! USA'The main strengths are the wide range of views reproduced and the debates reproduced from journals - these make it invaluable as a reader.' - Patrick Finney! University of Wales'This is substantial contribution in clarifying the central debates in History today. It is essential reading for all Historians' - Alun Munslow! Staffordshire UniversityUniversity of Manchester Informationen zum Autor Keith Jenkins Klappentext "The Postmodern History Reader" draws together in one collection some of the most interesting and influential writing--both for and against--on postmodernism and historiography. Drawing on books and articles from across the whole historiographical range, the impact of postmodernism on historical studies is described and exemplified in challenging and thought-provoking ways. The first sections include seminal articles on the formulation of the postmodern position across disciplines, but with particular reference to history. The book goes on to follow specific debates within the key journals which demonstrate how the whole field developed. The final section is on readings of the Holocaust. Selected material encompasses a range of areas including intellectual and social history, the holocaust debate, history of ideas and social and political theory. Each section starts with an introduction to the carefully defined debate. Included are selections from: Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, TonyBennett, Robert Berkhofer, Robert Braun, Iain Chambers, Diane Elam, Geoff Eley, Geoffrey Elton, Elizabeth Ermarth, Michel Foucault, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Susan Stanford Freidman, Saul Friedlander, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob, Patrick Joyce, Wulf Kansteiner, Hans Kellner, Catrione Kelly, Neville Kirk, Berel Lang, Christopher Lloyd, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Keith Nield, Christopher Norris, Bryan Palmer, Gabrielle Spiegel, Lawrence Stone, Hayden White, Robert Young. Zusammenfassung The Postmodern History Reader is the most comprehensive collection of influential texts on historiography and postmodernism yet compiled. Keith Jenkins expertly selects from the books and journal articles across the whole historiographical range that have been key to the transforming debates. This unique reader is a clear introduction to the impact of postmodernism on historical debate, allowing easy access to one of the more stimulating and exciting areas of current history. It provides: * extracts from influential historians, such as Barthes, Joyce, White, Foucault and Baudrillard * individual introductions to each carefully defined debate * many thoroughly up-to-date as well as 'classic' pieces * texts from a range of subdisciplines in history and theory * arguments both for and against postmodernism * advice on further reading * access to key writings which are not normally readily available. Presented in a format that is both easy to use and challenging, The Postmodern History Reader will serve as an invaluable course text and reference tool for students and postgraduates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: On Being Open About Our Closures Part 1: On History in the Upper Case: For and Against Postmodern Histories Part 2: On History in the Lower Case: For and Against the Collapse of the Lower Case Part 3: Nuanced or Ambiguous Others Part 4: Debates from the Journals: Past and Present, Journal of Contemporary History, Social History ...
Summary
Keith Jenkins draws together and introduces writings from some of the most influential thinkers on the study of history. Contrasting the arguments both for and against postmodernism, this Reader is an ideal introduction to the subject.
