The Nature of History Reader

The Nature of History Reader

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Book Description

The question of what the nature of history is, is now a key issue for all students of history. It is now recognized by many that the past and history are different phenomena and that the way the past is actively historicized can be highly problematic and contested. Older metaphysical, ontological, epistemological, methodological and ethical assumptions can no longer be taken as read.
In this timely collection, key pieces of writing by leading historians are reproduced and evaluated, with an explanation and critique of their character and assumptions, and how they reflect upon the nature of the history project.
The authors respond to the view that the nature of history has become so disparate in assumption, approach and practice as to require an informed guide that is both self-reflexive, engaged, critical and innovative. This work seeks to aid a positive re-thinking of history today, and will be of use both to students and to their teachers.

About the Author
Keith Jenkins is Senior Lectuer in History at University College, Chichester.
Alun Munslow is at Staffordshire University.

The Nature of History Reader,Keith Jenkins,Routledge,0415240530,Historicism,Historiography,History,History - General History,History: World,Philosophy,Postmodernism,World - General,History / Historiography

Books Report:

1. The Order of the Garter 1348-1461 : Chivalry and Politics in Late Medieval England (Oxford Historical Monographs)
2. The Pig: A British History
3. The Politics of Ethnic Conflict Regulation
4. The Postcolonial Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)
5. The Restoration: England in the 1660s (History of Early Modern England)
6. The Sinclair Saga: Exploring the Facts and the Legend of Prince Henry Sinclair
7. The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective
8. The Thousand and One Nights in Arabic Literature and Society (Levi Della Vida Symposia)
9. The Treaty of Versailles : A Reassessment after 75 Years (Publications of the German Historical Institute)
10. The Ukrainian Diaspora (Global Diasporas)

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