Our Shadowed Present : Modernism, Postmodernism and History

Our Shadowed Present : Modernism, Postmodernism and History

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
This important and stimulating volume seeks to defend the value of historical understanding in the face of social-scientific and especially postmodernist criticisms of historical method and the usefulness of history for understanding the present. The book is built around a series of brilliantly original and incisive discussions of key issues in early modern history-each of which bears on the underlying purposes of historical reflection. Clark argues that modernism and postmodernism can both be explained historically; that we cannot emancipate ourselves from the past; that historical identities are deeply rooted; and that the interplay of ideas in the public arena frequently disguises these truths, but does not abolish them. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Jonathan Clark is the Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas. He was formerly a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and of All Souls College, Oxford. He is the author of a number of highly regarded books on early modern England. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Our Shadowed Present : Modernism, Postmodernism and History,J.C.D. Clark,Atlantic Books,1843541238,History: World

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