History and Identity
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- Author: Stefan Berger, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Institute for Social Movements
- Date Published: January 2022
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107648845
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This introduction to contemporary historical theory and practice shows how issues of identity have shaped how we write history. Stefan Berger charts how a new self-reflexivity about what is involved in the process of writing history entered the historical profession and the part that historians have played in debates about the past and its meaningfulness for the present. He introduces key trends in the theory of history such as postmodernism, poststructuralism, constructivism, narrativism and the linguistic turn and reveals, in turn, the ways in which they have transformed how historians have written history over the last four decades. The book ranges widely from more traditional forms of history writing, such as political, social, economic, labour and cultural history, to the emergence of more recent fields, including gender history, historical anthropology, the history of memory, visual history, the history of material culture, and comparative, transnational and global history.
Read more- Clear and lucid descriptions enable students to understand diverse bodies of historical theory and how these relate to historical practice
- Uses examples of historical writing from a wide range of historians and from different historical fields to give students a thorough understanding of how theory has informed historical writing
- Comprehensive coverage of the development of historical fields will make this essential reading for students taking Historical Theory and Historiography courses
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- Date Published: January 2022
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107648845
- length: 270 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.73kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: History and identity
2. The new political history
3. The new social, economic and labour history
4. The new cultural history
5. Gender history
6. Historical anthropology
7. The history of memory
8. The history of concepts
9. The visual turn
10. The history of material culture
11. Transnational, comparative and global history
12. Conclusion: Problematizing history and identity
Bibliography
Index.
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