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V&R unipress Historische Bildung regional
Book SynopsisLernpotenziale durch regional- und lokalgeschichtliche Perspektiven ausschÃpfen
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The University of Chicago Press The Limits of History
Book SynopsisHistory casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. This title considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313/1457), two antipodes in early modern battles over the principles of European thought and action that ended with the triumph of historical consciousness.Trade Review"Some knowledge of the past is possible, and we can still differentiate good from bad history by using all the techniques established by the profession over the course of hundreds of years. But what is impossible is to divide the past from the present. To have demonstrated this conclusively is this book's major achievement, and Constantin Fasolt does so in beautiful language. The volume contains many sentences which practitioners of history should write down and keep before their eyes when practicing their craft." (German History)"
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The University of Chicago Press Ancients Against Moderns Culture Wars the
Book SynopsisAs the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Ch. 1: Did the Seventeenth Century Create Our Fin de Siecle? or, The Making of the Enlightenment That We May at Last Be Leaving Behind Ch. 2: The Invention of a Public for Literature Ch. 3: A Short History of the Human Heart Ch. 4: Culture or Civilization? Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Ancients against Moderns Culture Wars and the
Book SynopsisAs the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns".
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The University of Chicago Press Sartre Foucault and Historical Reason Volume One
Book SynopsisThis volume, the first of a two-part work on existentialist theory, provides a reconstruction of Sartrean historical theory, and provocatively anticipates the Foucauldian counterpoint of volume two.
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The University of Chicago Press Behemoth or The Long Parliament
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The University of Chicago Press History as Art and as Science Twin Vistas on the
Book SynopsisProfessor Hughes offers an earnest warning: 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane and persuasive they should be required reading for every student who contemplates a major in history.Geoffrey Bruun, Saturday Review
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The University of Chicago Press The Critique of Pure Modernity Hegel Heidegger
Book SynopsisModernity is a troubling concept, not only for scholars but for the general public, for it seems to represent a choice between oppressive traditions and empty, rootless freedom. Seeking a broader understanding of modernity, Kolb first considers the views of Weber and then discusses in detail the pivotal writings of Hegel and Heidegger. He uses the novel strategy of presenting Heidegger's critique of Hegel and then suggesting the critique of Heidegger that Hegel might have made. Kolb offers his own views, proposing the possibility of a meaningful life that is free but still rooted in shared contexts. He concludes with comments on postmodernity as discussed by Lyotard and others, arguing persuasively against the presupposition of a unified Modern or Postmodern Age.
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The University of Chicago Press Thinking in the Past Tense
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This survey of many of the best practitioners of early modern intellectual history working today is equally informative and pleasurable for scholars of all times and places. Bevilacqua and Clark take a snapshot of the state of the art in professional writing about ideas and how different lines of thought and alternative modes of practice have converged and clashed in the origins of our times. And though the study of early modern Europe has been the crucible for our debates about how to write intellectual history generally, several contributors anticipate a future in which Europe's past is less and less central. A fascinating read."--Samuel Moyn, Yale University "In an age dominated by the sound bite and the tweet, it can be hard to resist the melancholy conclusion that the humanities are in crisis and that scholarship no longer beckons as a spiritual vocation. Thinking in the Past Tense offers reason for hope. In this intimate gallery of portraits we come face to face with eight distinguished practitioners of early modern intellectual history, and we are reminded once again of the traditional virtues of erudition and philological precision that continue to sustain this field even at a time when historical understanding seems under siege."--Peter E. Gordon, Harvard University
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The University of Chicago Press Collective Memory and the Historical Past
Book SynopsisTrade Review"His study is admirable for the way he relates the story of philosophers’ thinking about memory to today's crisis about its relationship to history. There are several informative studies that explain the workings of digital‐age memory. But Barash's study is distinctive for his insight into the politics of its technologies from a humanist perspective. His review of the historical role of collective memory as living memory is welcome at a time in which such memory, so widely referenced in academic discourse, is in fact contracting in the face of technologies of communication that are remodeling contemporary culture. His analysis might be read as an apostrophe to our society at large concerning the way publicity‐driven values of media are fast crowding out the living memory that serves as collective memory's core." * History and Theory *“[A] highly insightful and erudite book on the complex relationship of the past to the present. Moving capaciously from the ancient period to the present, [Barash] addresses a wide range of issues regarding what it means to remember… It raises a host of important questions about memory and history, while placing an important emphasis on history as an affirmation of the transience of human life.” -- Michael Meng * Journal of the History of Ideas *“Barash employs a philosophical method derived from Paul Ricoeur, Ernst Cassirer, and Reinhart Koselleck to argue, convincingly, that each generation encounters and interprets history from the perspective of a ‘horizon of temporality’ in which ‘webs of experience’ emerge. It is through these largely unnoticed webs of experience that each generation gains access to the past. Thus, Barash claims, there is an unbridgeable gap between the past as a lived experience and subsequent attempts to retrieve it from the vantage point of present experience. By demonstrating the fundamental difference between historical experience and the production of collective memory, Barash seeks to safeguard history from mythology. He provides a helpful introduction to the concept of memory as developed in Western philosophy, and in several chapters he applies his method to historical cases, most notably the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Though the book is deep and wide-ranging and the material is complex, the author’s prose is clear and accessible. Highly recommended.” * Choice *"For a long time collective memory has been a subject of debate, but Barash’s work convincingly reopens the discussion and shows a new perspective. This is done through linking academic debates on the nature of memory to a philosophical analysis that not only stretches towards every corner of the humanities and the social sciences, but also relates to the interplay between collective memory, literature, politics, everyday life, and most importantly: history. Thus, this multifaceted contemplation provides us with both a profound and extensive analysis of the role of collective memory in all aspects of modern society, as well as a new conceptual framework to be used in current philosophical debates." * Journal of the Philosophy of History *"Jeffrey Andrew Barash has written a very scholarly book that proves both a philosophical work and a history of ideas. . . . Barash’s work is a provocative opening. When we come to reflect on our heritage, whether age-long or recent, the point is to choose what is worth preserving, and what needs changing." -- Andrew Dunstall * Journal of the History of Ideas Blog *"The execution of the argument is impressive: the author marshals an enormous corpus of philosophers and writers from Plato through Heidegger to argue that the boundary between collective memory and the historical past changes in accord with sociopolitical shifts, is fluid but also distinct." * Journal of Modern History *“Collective Memory and the Historical Past… is a monograph by a distinguished scholar of philosophy and intellectual history that directly tackles the notion of collective memory, the slippery concept that lies at the core of most social scientific and humanistic approaches to the study of memory.” * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Sources of Memory Part 1 Symbolic Embodiment, Imagination, and the “Place” of Collective Memory 1 Is Collective Memory a Figment of the Imagination? The Scope of Memory in the Public Sphere 2 Analyzing Collective Memory 3 Thresholds of Personal Identity and Public Experience Excursus Critical Reflections: The Contemporary Theories of Ricœur, Edelman, and Nora Part 2 Time, Collective Memory, and the Historical Past 4 Temporal Articulations 5 Virtual Experience, the Mass Media, and the Configuration of the Public Sphere 6 The Contextualized Past: Collective Memory and Historical Understanding Conclusion The Province of Collective Memory and Its Theoretical Promise Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press An Ethics of Remembering History Heterology the
Book SynopsisThrough the figure of the heterological historian, this text creates a framework for the understanding of history and the ethical duties of the historian. It also weighs the impact of modern archival methods, such as film and the Internet, which add new constraints to the writing of history.Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Abbreviations 1: Re-signing History, De-signing Ethics The Historian's Promise Historical Truth and the End of Representation The Necessity of Naming That Which Cannot Be Named: The Cataclysm Historical Narrative History as Science: L'Esprit de Geometrie et L'Esprit de Finesse Factuality Revisited: Lies, Fiction, Ficciones Ficciones and History: Foucault 2: Reading the Heterological Historian Reading Kant The Nihil and Analogy Heteronomy's Rule The Ends of History The Aesthetic and the Cataclysm 3: The Historical Object and the Mark of the Grapheme: Images, Simulacra, and Virtual Reality Runaway Images The Historian and the Camera: Still Photography The Co-optation of the Look History as Archive of the Moving Image The French Revolution in Narrative and Film Images and Information 4: Wired in the Absolute: Hegel and the Being of Appearance The Specular Absolute and Release from the Object Plenum and Void Terror and Cataclysm 5: Re-membering the Past: The Historian as Time Traveler Voyages in Time Time's Duality: From Hegel to Nietzsche and Back McTaggart's Paradox: Tensed and Tenseless Time The Speech and Silence of Heterology 6: Re-membering the Past The Tablet and the Aviary "That This Too Too Solid Flesh Would Melt" From "Trace" to Shining Trace Flickering Memories: Images and Signs La Cage aux Folles: From Tablet to Aviary and Back The Mind Is a Bone: Skull, Brains, and Memory Matter Matters: Brain States and Mental Acts Differance Is in the Neurons Ownerless Memories: Artificial Life and Biological Computers 7: The Gift of Community Unsaying Rational Community: Autochthony and Desire Humanity's Essence Is Production Exteriority and Community The Gift of the Future The Gift of Hope Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press An Ethics of Remembering
Book SynopsisThrough the figure of the heterological historian, this text creates a framework for the understanding of history and the ethical duties of the historian. It also weighs the impact of modern archival methods, such as film and the Internet, which add new constraints to the writing of history.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Time Maps Collective Memory the Social Shape of
Book SynopsisIn a pioneering attempt to map the structure of our collective memory, Zerubavel considers the cognitive patterns we use to organize the past in our minds, the mental strategies that help us string together unrelated events into coherent and meaningful narratives.
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Columbia University Press Camera Historica The Century in Cinema European
Book SynopsisAntoine de Baecque proposes a new historiography of cinema, exploring film as a visual archive of the twentieth century, as well as history's imprint on the cinematic image. Whether portraying events that occurred in the past or stories unfolding before their eyes, certain twentieth-century filmmakers used a particular mise-en-scene to give form to history, becoming in the process historians themselves. Historical events, in turn, irrupted into cinema. This double movement, which de Baecque terms the cinematographic form of history, disrupts the very material of film, much like historical events disturb the narrative of human progress. De Baecque defines, locates, and interprets cinematographic forms in seven distinct bodies of cinema: 1950s modern cinema and its conjuring of the morbid trauma of war; French New Wave and its style, which became the negative imprint of the malaise felt by young contemporaries of the Algerian War; post-Communist Russian films, or the de-modern works ofTrade ReviewDe Baecque is one of our most meticulous and enterprising film historians, and in Camera Historica, he finds a new way of looking at the two sides of his interest, film and history, making each a clarifying reflection of the other. As a particular bonus, he's especially good on important filmmakers who emerged during the 1960s, such as the Nouvelle Vague and Peter Watkins. -- Jonathan Rosenbaum, film critic Camera Historica marks a new stage in thinking about the relationship between cinema (as art) and history (as both real and narrative). Going beyond the classic 'histories of cinema,' this book reveals what cinema makes of history, its way of making history visible, and of allowing us to judge it. -- Alain Badiou Thanks to this book I now understand precisely why and how I am goth. -- Tim Burton Those in search of superb academic writing need look no further. De Baecque renders a beguiling mix of auteurism, rigorous methodology, and historical analysis in an evenhanded, engaging tone. -- Jonathan Robbins Film Comment Cinema and history are in lively dialogue here, which creates much more exciting reading...highly recommended. Choice Politics, social insights and film art blend in a scholarly international probe perfect for film analysts studying the art and culture of cinema. Midwest Book Review presents an intelligent, opinionated, emotionally engaging, intermittently flawed meditation on cinema's ongoing negotiations with history... -- David Sterritt Cineaste Camera Historica is a refreshing and stimulating read, ultimately offering a vital contribution to the ongoing need for serious discussions of the intersections between film and history. -- Paula Amad American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPrelude: The Tree of History Introduction: The Cinematographic Forms of History 1. Foreclosed Forms: How Images of Mass Death Reemerged in Modern Cinema 2. From Versailles to the Silver Screen: Sacha Guitry, Historian of France 3. "Me? Uh, Nothing!" The French New Wave, Politics, and History 4. Peter Watkins, Live from History: The Films, Style, and Method of Cinema's Special Correspondent 5. The Theory of Sparks: A History in Images, According to Jean-Luc Godard 6. Demodern Aesthetics: Filming the End of Communism 7. America Unraveled: Master Fictions in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema Conclusion: All Histories Are Possible Notes Illustration Credits Index
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Columbia University Press On the Judgment of History
Book SynopsisJoan Wallach Scott critically examines the belief that history will redeem us, revealing the implicit politics of appeals to the judgment of history. She argues that the notion of a linear, ever-improving direction of history hides the persistence of power structures and hinders the pursuit of alternative futures.Trade ReviewThis book is a poignant and timely intervention that speaks to urgent questions in and of our present. It brilliantly enacts its own self-critical reassessment of widespread contemporary incredulity that virulent racism and nationalism are ‘still’ possible. Joan Wallach Scott turns to contemporary debates over the question of reparations for slavery in order to imagine alternative understandings and avenues for historical reckoning—and politics. -- Judith Surkis, author of Sex, Law, and Sovereignty in French Algeria, 1830–1930On the Judgment of History is a stunning and timely meditation on history, both as a field of inquiry and as the broadest arena of human activity, and on justice, both as an ideal and as a state institution. This book will provoke intellectual excitement among a wide range of readers. -- Andrew Zimmerman, author of Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New SouthScott offers a forceful and persuasive critique of the modern Western tendency among liberals and orthodox Marxists to justify normative political projects on the grounds that they will be authorized by the 'judgment of history.' Challenging residual assumptions about linear, progressive, or teleological history, she questions any political logic which assumes that the rightness of current struggles will be ratified by future observers or that present harms will be redeemed by subsequent outcomes. Scott underscores how such problematic assumptions are grounded in both an attachment to national states and to a fixed boundary between the past and the present. Echoing throughout is a crucial question: what happens to politics when history no longer provides a secure ground for orienting action? This intervention demands the attention of historians, political theorists, and legal scholars. -- Gary Wilder, author of Freedom Time: Negritude, Decolonization, and the Future of the WorldScott has done her part to dismantle naïve metanarratives of progress, yet she was harboring one, all the same. The argument of On the Judgment of History aims right at that ambivalence, which has its roots in the commonplace desire to believe in the possibility of secular theodicy: that is, an account of the existence of evil that nonetheless assures us some good will come of it. The yearning is understandable but problematic. A belief that the long moral arc of the universe bends toward justice can be inspiring. But it also runs the risk of turning into complacency. -- Scott McLemee * Inside Higher Ed *This is a book of reflection, deep reflection, not new research. The rewards of reading come from Scott’s penetrating analyses of familiar historical materials and her dialogue with other analysts, from Hannah Arendt to Michel de Certeau to Ta-Nehisi Coates * Critical Inquiry *Table of ContentsPreface: History, Race, Nation1. The Nation- State as the Telos of History: Nuremberg, 19462. The Limits of Forgiveness: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 19963. Calling History to Account: The Movement for Reparations for Slavery in the United StatesEpilogue: Revisioning HistoryAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Indiana University Press Other Pasts Different Presents Alternative
Book SynopsisWhat if there had been no World War I or no Russian Revolution? What if Napoleon had won at Waterloo in 1815, or if Martin Luther had not nailed his complaints to the church door at Wittenberg in 1517, or if the South had won the American Civil War? The questioning of apparent certainties or known knowns can be fascinating and, indeed, What if? books are very popular. However, this speculative approach, known as counterfactualism, has had limited impact in academic histories, historiography, and the teaching of historical methods. In this book, Jeremy Black offers a short guide to the subject, one that is designed to argue its value as a tool for public and academe alike. Black focuses on the role of counterfactualism in demonstrating the part of contingency, and thus human agency, in history, and the salutary critique the approach offers to determinist accounts of past, present, and future.Trade ReviewOther Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures will be of use to those teaching methods and sources to provoke reflection on individual teaching practice and as a tool for thinking more carefully about how we can appropriately use 'what if's' in our teaching. * History of Education *A sparkling defense of the legitimacy and utility of counterfactual history—of what ifs—and the best single work on its subject available. * Weekly Standard *Professor Black shows, in this intriguing book, exactly why the examination of different potential outcomes can aid historical understanding. He pinpoints how the expectation of events, even when unrealised, can determine human actions and affect perceptions of both past and future. Black demonstrates that, in skilful hands, counterfactual history is more than just fun; as one ingredient among many, it can be an extremely fertile source of explanation. * History Today *With a unique methodology, Black performs a what-if analysis of history to show how little it takes to change the world's fate. . .This book provokes thought and speculation while also entertaining. * Foreword Reviews *[Black's] illustrative examples of 'what if,' 'how,' and 'why' will make readers sit back and wonder. * Kirkus Reviews *This is the most robust defense of historical counterfactuals to date . . . For those interested in this fascinating subject, Black's book is indispensable. * Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) *Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction2. A Personal Note on Life and Times3. Types of History4. Power and the Struggle for Imperial Mastery5. The West and the Rest6. Britain and France, 1688-18157. Counterfactualism in Military History8. Into the Future9. Skepticism and the Historian10. Conclusions11. PostscriptSelected Further ReadingIndex
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Indiana University Press The Future of the Soviet Past The Politics of
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, this is a popular topic well handled and essential for students and scholars across several disciplines. The volume provides a good overview of contemporary Russia, and as scholars we should now consider how else these new avenues of research can be unlocked. -- James C. Pearce - College of the Marshall Islands * The Russian Review *This volume considers the relationship between the history of the Soviet Union and contemporary Russian culture, exploring how cinema, television, music, education and more reflect historical narratives, particularly in relation to Josef Stalin. The contributors contend that 'Russia's inability to fully rewrite Soviet history plays [a] part in its current political agenda'. * Survival *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revisiting the Future of the Soviet Past and the Memory of Stalinist Repression, by Nanci Adler and Anton Weiss-WendtPart I: The Present Memory of the Past1. Presentism, Politicization of History, and the New Role of the Historian in Russia, by Ivan Kurilla2. Secondhand History: Outsourcing Russia's Past to Kremlin's Proxies, by Anton Weiss-Wendt3. The Soviet Past and the 1945 Victory Cult as Civil Religion in Contemporary Russia, by Nikita Petrov4. Russia as a Bulwark against Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial: The Second World War according to Moscow, by Kiril FefermanPart II: Museums, Pop Culture, and Other Memory Battlegrounds5. Keeping the Past in the Past: The Attack on the Perm 36 Gulag Museum and Russian Historical Memory of Soviet Repression, by Steven A. Barnes6. Known and Unknown Soldiers: Remembering Russia's Fallen in the Great Patriotic War, by Johanna Dahlin7. Fighters of the Invisible Front: Re-imaging the Aftermath of the Great Patriotic War in Recent Russian Television Series, by Boris Noordenbos8. War, Cinema, and the Politics of Memory in Putin 2.0 Culture, by Stephen M. NorrisPart III: Remembering and Framing the Soviet Past beyond Russia's Borders9. The 2014 Russian Memory Law in European Context, by Nikolay Koposov10. Tenacious Pasts: Geopolitics and the Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Issues, by George Soroka11. The 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia: Return to the Soviet Interpretation, by Štěpán ČernoušekIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press Vico Genealogist of Modernity
Book SynopsisIn this lucid and probing study, Robert C. Miner argues that Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was the architect of a subversive, genealogical approach to modernity. Miner documents the genesis of Vico''s stance toward modernity in the first phase of his thought. Through close examination of his early writings, centering on Vico''s critique of Descartes and his elaboration of the ''verum-factum'' principle, Vico, Genealogist of Modernity reveals that Vico strives to acknowledge the technical advances of modernity while unmasking its origins in human pride.Trade Review"Miner has given us nourishing food for thought, and this work deserves attention, not least for Miner's meticulous scholarship. . . . It should . . . rekindle an interest in this engaging, often neglected Neapolitan thinker." —Modern Age"Miner’s book rests on a thorough knowledge of Vico’s work. . . . [It] offers original insight and understanding into a seminal, if occasionally neglected, figure and is therefore highly recommended.” —Library Journal“Miner contends that reading Vico to understand his critique of secular modernity is the key to discovering him. His text is rich in probing questions and comparisons. . . . His style is clear and interesting and ends with helpful notes, bibliography, and index.” —Choice“[M]any novel and positive insights... Chief of these is the way he incorporates Vico's Catholicism into his analysis of Vico's thought. He is really the first Vico scholar to try this kind of synthesis in a systematic way. ... he deserves great credit for calling attention to the New Science, and Vico's thinking as a whole, as an important episode in the study of the history of ethics and religion.” —New Vico Studies“... written with ease and enthusiasm.” —Renaissance Quarterly“...well structured and stimulating.” —Philosophy in Review“...interesting interpretation of the significance of Vico’s thought....” —The Sixteenth Century Journal
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Pennsylvania State University Press A Sensory History Manifesto
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the past, present, and future of sensory history.Trade Review“Mark M. Smith’s masterful command of sensory history is everywhere on display in this timely, insightful manifesto. Small in size but capacious in scope, this agenda-setting examination of the ‘state of the field’ surveys a wide range of historical work on the senses while identifying new directions for future scholarship. Conveying complex ideas with enviable simplicity, A Sensory History Manifesto is both an essential guide to the field and a compelling argument for its transformation.”—Peter Denney,coeditor of Sound, Space and Civility in the British World, 1700–1850“A Sensory History Manifesto is an impressively wide-ranging synthesis of some of the key developments in the field, covering the entire globe and all periods from antiquity to the present. It offers many excellent ideas for future interdisciplinary research, including engaging more fully with emerging animal–human interaction studies and with the hard sciences.”—Tim Lockley,author of Military Medicine and the Making of Race: Life and Death in the West India Regiments, 1795-1874“The field of sensory history is ready for a book like this, and Smith is the historian to write it. It is a model of keen insight and good advice.”—Andrew J. Rotter American Historical Review
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University of Wisconsin Press Understanding and Teaching Contemporary US
Book SynopsisDesigned for teachers looking for new perspectives on teaching the recent past. Less of a traditional textbook than a pedagogical Swiss Army knife, the volume offers a diversity of voices and approaches to teaching a field that, by its very nature, invites vigorous debate and puts generational differences in stark relief.Table of Contents Introduction: Teaching Contemporary History since Reagan Amy L. Sayward and Kimber M. Quinney “Life, Liberty, or Property”: Analyzing American Identity through Open Resources Monica L. Butler Examining African American Voter Suppression, from Reagan to Trump Aaron Treadwell “Work Does Not Stop with This March on Washington”: LGBTQ+ National Mobilizations, 1979–2009 Josh Cerretti Public Debate, Citizenship Participation, and Recent US Supreme Court Nominations Leah Vallely The Drug War Era: From the Crack Epidemic to the Opioid Crisis Kathryn McLain and Matthew R. Pembleton A Difficult Balance: National Security and Democracy from Reagan to Trump Kimber M. Quinney Explaining Waco: How Historians Come to Different Conclusions about What Really Happened Andrew Polk A Nation at Risk? Education Debates and Policies from Reagan to Trump Carl P. Watts Undermining the Sandbags: How Neoliberalism Encouraged Undocumented Migration, from the 1980s to the Early 2020s Benjamin C. Montoya Racializing Legality in Post-1965 Immigration Debates Natalie Mendoza Something Old, Something New, Something Purple? US Military Adaptation from the Renewed Cold War to Resurrected Confrontation Hal Friedman Arctic Nation: Climate Change Changes Policy Jeremy M. McKenzie and Laura Krenicki Pushing Back: Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Activism during the Cold War and Beyond Lori Clune Framing America for the World: Understanding US Foreign Policy Rhetoric: Using Presidential Speeches before the UN General Assembly Amy L. Sayward Teaching Women and US Foreign Policy: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Women’s Rights as Human Rights Allida Black and Kate English List of Contributors Index
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The University of Michigan Press Zombie History
Book SynopsisYou can't outrun it, but you can outsmart itTrade ReviewThroughout the work, Hoffer selects examples of history Zombies that have plagued the telling of American history. By selecting and exposing such history Zombies, Hoffer aims not only to show the danger of such misguided and prejudiced perversions of the past, but also to demonstrate why responsible, living (and not undead) history matters for the telling of the American story." —Richard A. Bailey, Canisius College
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd World History
Book SynopsisPresents overviews and approaches to the problems of world history. This book offers radical postmodern and postcolonial critiques of holism, identity, and Western scientific history in favor of a different kind of universalism. It is suitable for those interested in teaching history courses attuned to the global era in which we live.Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction: The Theory and Practice of World History 1 Philip Pomper Part 1 Mapping the Field 1 The Changing Shape of World History 21 William H. McNeill 2 Crossing Boundaries: Ecumenical, World, and Global History 41 Bruce Mazlish 3 Periodizing World History 53 William A. Green Part II Rethinking Structure, Agency, and Ideology 4 The World-System Perspective in the Construction of Economic History 69 Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod 5 Bringing Ideas and Agency Back In: Representation and the Comparative Approach to World History 81 Michael Adas 6 World Histories and the Construction of Collective Identities 105 S. N. Eisenstadt Part II Unbinding Identities 8 History’s Forgotten Doubles 159 Ashis Nandy 9 Identify in World History: A Postmodern Perspective 179 Lewis D. Wurgaft Part IV Charting Trajectories 10 World History, Cultural Relativism, and the Global Future 217 Theodore H. Von Laue Notes 235 Index 272
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd World History
Book SynopsisPresents overviews and approaches to the problems of world history. This book offers radical postmodern and postcolonial critiques of holism, identity, and Western scientific history in favor of a different kind of universalism. It is suitable for those interested in teaching history courses attuned to the global era in which we live.Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction: The Theory and Practice of World History 1 Philip Pomper Part 1 Mapping the Field 1 The Changing Shape of World History 21 William H. McNeill 2 Crossing Boundaries: Ecumenical, World, and Global History 41 Bruce Mazlish 3 Periodizing World History 53 William A. Green Part II Rethinking Structure, Agency, and Ideology 4 The World-System Perspective in the Construction of Economic History 69 Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod 5 Bringing Ideas and Agency Back In: Representation and the Comparative Approach to World History 81 Michael Adas 6 World Histories and the Construction of Collective Identities 105 S. N. Eisenstadt Part II Unbinding Identities 8 History’s Forgotten Doubles 159 Ashis Nandy 9 Identify in World History: A Postmodern Perspective 179 Lewis D. Wurgaft Part IV Charting Trajectories 10 World History, Cultural Relativism, and the Global Future 217 Theodore H. Von Laue Notes 235 Index 272
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Philosophies of History
Book SynopsisThis important book charts the development of philosophical thinking about history over the past 250 years, combining extracts from key texts with new explanatory and critical discussion. The book is designed to make the work of thinkers such as Hume, Herder, Hegel, Dilthey, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Foucault accessible to students with no prior knowledge of Western philosophy. An introductory section is followed by nine further chapters exploring contrasting schools of thought. The volume reveals the origins of contemporary trends in the discipline and relates wider philosophical reflections to the study of history itself. It also points to connections between philosophy of history and literary and cultural theory which have developed in recent decades.Trade Review"Philosophies of History will serve as a valuable introduction and point of reference to historians and history students who want to understand what the philosophers have been saying about their subject." Richard J. Evans, Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge "'Philosophy of History' is usually limited either to discussion of a narrow canon of historical speculators or to abstract conceptualizing, and it is useful to have a work, including both primary texts and commentary, that brings together both lines of interpretation." Donald R. Kelley, James Westfall Thompson Professor of History, Rutgers University "The primary purpose of this work is to serve as a sourcebook, and in this regard it is excellent. But perhaps its chief virtue is how well the documents are introduced. Graceful and succinct, it can serve as a guide not only to students beginning their study of the philosophy of history but to their instructors as well." Choice "The editors have provided a veritable quarry of potentially valuable source-material." History "This is a superb book for use in an upper-level history and theory course." History: Reviews of New BooksTable of Contents1. On Philosophizing about History. 2. Enlightenment. David Hume (1711-1776). Condoret, Marquis de (Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas Caritat) (1743-1794). Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). 3. Classical Historicism. Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803). Wilhelm von Humbolt (1767-1835). Friedrick Scheiermacher. Georg Wilhelm. Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). Leopold von Ranke. (1795-1886). 4. Positivism. Auguste Comte. (1798-1897). John Stewart Mill. (1806-1873). Henry Thomas Buckle. (1821-1862). 5. Suprahistory. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860). S?ren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). 6. Secular Historicism. Wilhelm Diltherly (1831-1911). Wilhelm Windelband (1848-1915). Henrich Rickert (1863-1936). Georg Simmel (1858-1918). Max Weber (1864-1920). 7. Hermeneutics. Edmund Husser. (1859-1938). Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). Hans Georg Gadamer (1900). Paul Ricoeur (1913-). 8. Kulturkritik. Karl Marx (1818-1883). Georg Luk?cs (1885-1971). Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). J?rgen Habermas (1929- ). 9. Narrativism. Cluade LUvi-Strauss. (1908- ). Roland Barthes (1915-1980). Hayden White (1928- ). Paul Ricoeur (1913- ). 10. Posthistory. Michel Foucault (1926-1984). Jean Baudrillard (1929- ). Francis Fukuyama (1952- ). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Archaeologies of Memory
Book SynopsisThis text presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. It is a concise book explicitly designed to serve as an introduction to the central issues in the study of memory, authored by noted archaeologists working in a variety of contexts and geographic areas.Trade Review“In this exciting and interpretively timely volume, archaeology and social theory intersect to explore the materialization of memory. Drawing on diverse case studies, from historical and prehistoric contexts across the globe, contributors expand dimensions for critical understandings of ‘the past in the past.” Wendy Ashmore, University of California, Riverside “Memory is a locus of struggle over identity, authority, and power. This collection represents the first serious attempt in archaeology to examine this struggle. As such, it is a path-breaking volume that all archaeologists need to read and contemplate.” Randy McGuire, Binghamton University “The distinguished editors, an anthropological archaeologist and a Classical Greek archaeologist, have gathered a formidable team to explore memorizations over a vast span of time, space, and cultures, from the Old World to the New, and from prehistory right up to the present.” Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge "This is an excellent book which acheives what it sets out to do - to place memory more firmly on the research agenda of contemporary archaeology." Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 29, 2002-2004Table of ContentsPreface. Notes On Contributors. 1. Archaeologies Of Memory: An Introduction: Ruth M. Van Dyke And Susan E. Alcock (Colorado College; University Of Michigan). Part I: Memory Studies With Access To Texts:. 2. Echoes Of Empire: Vijayanagara And Historical Memory, Vijayanagara As Historical Memory: Carla M. Sinopoli (University Of Michigan). 3. Memory’s Materiality: Ancestral Presence, Commemorative Practice And Disjunctive Locales: Lynn Meskell (Columbia University). 4. Memory Tattered And Torn: Spolia In The Heartland Of Byzantine Hellenism: Amy Papalexandrou (Independent Scholar). 5. Glories Of The Past In The Past: Ritual Activities At Palatial Ruins In Early Iron Age Crete: Mieke Prent (University Of Amsterdam). 6. Concrete Memories: Fragments Of The Past In The Classic Maya Present (500-100 AD): Rosemary A. Joyce (University Of California, Berkeley). Part II: Memory Studies In Prehistory:. 7. Creating Memory In Prehistory: The Engraved Slate Plaques Of Southwest Iberia: Katina T. Lillios (Ripon College). 8. Memory, Mounds, And The Mississippian Argument Against Structure: Timothy R. Pauketat And Susan M. Alt (University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). 9. Memory And The Construction Of Chacoan Society: Ruth M. Van Dyke (Colorado College). Part III: Caveats And Commentaries:. 10. The Familiar Honeycomb: Byzantine Era Reuse Of Sicily’s Prehistoric Rock-Cut Tombs: Emma Blake (Stanford University). 11. The Translation Of Time: Richard Bradley (University Of Reading). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Archaeologies of Memory
Book Synopsis* Serves as an accessible introduction to central issues in the study of memory, including authority and identity, and the role memory plays in their creation and transformation. * Presents a collection of newly commissioned essays that provide a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies.Trade Review“In this exciting and interpretively timely volume, archaeology and social theory intersect to explore the materialization of memory. Drawing on diverse case studies, from historical and prehistoric contexts across the globe, contributors expand dimensions for critical understandings of ‘the past in the past.” Wendy Ashmore, University of California, Riverside “Memory is a locus of struggle over identity, authority, and power. This collection represents the first serious attempt in archaeology to examine this struggle. As such, it is a path-breaking volume that all archaeologists need to read and contemplate.” Randy McGuire, Binghamton University “The distinguished editors, an anthropological archaeologist and a Classical Greek archaeologist, have gathered a formidable team to explore memorizations over a vast span of time, space, and cultures, from the Old World to the New, and from prehistory right up to the present.” Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge "This is an excellent book which acheives what it sets out to do - to place memory more firmly on the research agenda of contemporary archaeology." Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 29, 2002-2004Table of ContentsPreface. Notes On Contributors. 1. Archaeologies Of Memory: An Introduction: Ruth M. Van Dyke And Susan E. Alcock (Colorado College; University Of Michigan). Part I: Memory Studies With Access To Texts:. 2. Echoes Of Empire: Vijayanagara And Historical Memory, Vijayanagara As Historical Memory: Carla M. Sinopoli (University Of Michigan). 3. Memory’s Materiality: Ancestral Presence, Commemorative Practice And Disjunctive Locales: Lynn Meskell (Columbia University). 4. Memory Tattered And Torn: Spolia In The Heartland Of Byzantine Hellenism: Amy Papalexandrou (Independent Scholar). 5. Glories Of The Past In The Past: Ritual Activities At Palatial Ruins In Early Iron Age Crete: Mieke Prent (University Of Amsterdam). 6. Concrete Memories: Fragments Of The Past In The Classic Maya Present (500-100 AD): Rosemary A. Joyce (University Of California, Berkeley). Part II: Memory Studies In Prehistory:. 7. Creating Memory In Prehistory: The Engraved Slate Plaques Of Southwest Iberia: Katina T. Lillios (Ripon College). 8. Memory, Mounds, And The Mississippian Argument Against Structure: Timothy R. Pauketat And Susan M. Alt (University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). 9. Memory And The Construction Of Chacoan Society: Ruth M. Van Dyke (Colorado College). Part III: Caveats And Commentaries:. 10. The Familiar Honeycomb: Byzantine Era Reuse Of Sicily’s Prehistoric Rock-Cut Tombs: Emma Blake (Stanford University). 11. The Translation Of Time: Richard Bradley (University Of Reading). Index.
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Harvard University Press Carving Up the Globe
Book SynopsisWith hundreds of full-color maps and finely crafted images, this atlas illustrates treaties that have determined the fates of millions, beginning with ancient Egyptians. Malise Ruthven and a team of experts provide lively historical commentary about the geopolitical efforts of princes, politicians, and diplomats to carve up the globe.Trade ReviewDemonstrates how the geopolitical landscape has been shaped and reshaped by diplomats. -- Claire Cock-Starkey * Wall Street Journal *A lucid and fascinating history of the practices and products of diplomacy, as that art evolved in conjunction with emerging European nation states…A sweeping but succinct overview, this work will be important to historians but ought to interest every global citizen. * Library Journal *
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Princeton University Press Modern Architecture and Other Essays
Book SynopsisVincent Scully has shaped not only how we view the evolution of architecture in the twentieth century but also the course of that evolution itself. Combining the modes of historian and critic in unique and compelling ways--with an audience that reaches from students and scholars to professional architects and ardent amateurs--Scully has profoundly influenced the way architecture is thought about and made. This extensively illustrated and elegantly designed volume distills Scully''s incalculable contribution. Neil Levine, a former student of Scully''s, selects twenty essays that reveal the breadth and depth of Scully''s work from the 1950s through the 1990s. The pieces are included for their singular contribution to our understanding of modern architecture as well as their relative unavailability to current readers. Levine offers a perceptive overview of Scully''s distinguished career and introduces each essay, skillfully setting the scholarly and cultural scene. The seleTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003 "Scully ... may find a place among the gallery of distinguished American critics ... for his historically grounded but engaged architectural criticism. That possibility is enhanced by the well-chosen essays in this volume. Not only did Neil Levine make an excellent selection, he also provided a brief but illuminating biographical essay tracing Scully's career. Better yet, the headnotes he has written for each of Scully's essays are themselves gemlike mini-essays."--Thomas Bender, The Nation "Vincent Scully is surely one of the most influential architectural historians and critics of the twentieth century... None of the essays included here are available in Scully's (more than 15) published books. Interestingly, I think the selection will work well both for readers familiar with Scully and his work, as well as for those to whom his writing will be new territory... The very best thing about this book is the wonderful quality of Scully's writing itself--clear, learned and witty."--Victoria Keller, The Art Book "Many of the texts, which span the years 1954 to 1999, were previously published only in magazines and have thus effectively been out of print. They cover the 20th century's mainstream trends, from the birth pangs of Frank Llyod Wright's Prairie Style to the death throes of postmodernism. All are fiercely opinionated."--Eve M. Kahn, ArtNews "Scully ranks among the most influential architectural historians of the 20th century... [T]his anthology is a wonderful source for anyone with a keen interest in architecture. No one living has written on the subject in a more eloquent and compelling way."--Choice "Covering diverse themes from Classicism to Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright to suburbia, each essay is telling in its own right, But whatever the ostensible theme, almost every one charts a growing awareness of Modernism's complex roots and relationships to tradition."--Jeremy Melvin, Architectural Review "[These essays] provide wide-ranging insights into the architectural thought of the past half-century by a central figure."--Richard Guy Wilson, Architectural Record "[An] overdue and welcome anthology. Scully owes his reputation to an authorial voice that is as arresting in the classroom as the printed page. In lecture, it is the elegant literary and formal precision that startles; on the printed page, the intimate spoken quality."--Michael Lewis, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "Reading [this book], one sees quickly why Vincent Scully (now emeritus) was such a popular lecturer, a charismatic professor whose influence extended broadly throughout the architectural profession and the academy... Scully's writing bears comparison with [the] elevation of the esthetic to an almost religious level, and his particular approach to the architectural object--which he regards ideally both as internally coherent and as somehow 'corresponding' with reality itself--is very much in keeping with the New Criticism."--Tom McDonough, Art in AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 6 Introduction 8 Vincent Scully: A Bibliographical Sketch 12 Chapter 1: American Villas: Inventiveness in the American Suburb from Downing to Wright 34 Chapter 2: Wright vs. International Style 64 Chapter 3: Archetype and Order in Recent American Architecture 64 Chapter 4: Modern Architecture: Toward a Redefinition of Style 74 Chapter 5: The Nature of the Classical in Art 88 Chapter 6: Frank Lloyd Wright and Twentieth[Century Style 106 Chapter 7: The Death of the Street 120 Chapter 8: Doldrums in the Suburbs 128 Chapter 9: RIBA Discourse 1969: A Search for Principle between Two Wars 142 Chapter 10: Where is Modern Architecture Going? 158 Chapter 11: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Stuff of Dreams 170 Chapter 12: Architecture, Sculpture, and painting: Environment, Act, and Illusion 198 Chapter 13: Le Corbusier, 1922[1965 236 Chapter 14: Introduction to The Lois I. Kahn Archive: Personal Drawings 250 Chapter 15: Robert Venturi's Gentle Architecture 260 Chapter 16: Architecture: The Natural and the Mammade 282 Chapter 17: Louis I. Kahn and the Ruins of Rome 298 Chapter 18: Everybody Needs Everything 320 Chapter 19: The Architecture of Community 340 Chapter 20: America at the Millennium: Architecture and Community 358 Bibliography of Vincent Scully's Writings 368 Index 384 Text and Photography Credits 398
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Princeton University Press History
Book SynopsisLeopold von Ranke (1795-1886), generally recognized as the founder of the school of modern critical historical scholarship, and Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), the great Swiss proponent of cultural interpretation, are fathers of modern history--giants of their time who continue to exert an immense influence in our own. They are usually seen as contrasts, Ranke as representative of political history and Burckhardt of cultural history. In five essays, each flowing gracefully into the next, the distinguished historian Felix Gilbert shows that such contrasts are oversimplifications. Despite their interest in different aspects of the past, Ranke''s and Burckhardt''s views arose from common elements in the first half of the nineteenth century, the time in which they grew up and in which their first masterworks attracted such wide attention. This concise volume clarifies the beginnings of history as an autonomous discipline, while forcing us to examine our views on basic questions in historiTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*CHAPTER I. The Impact of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic Age on Historical Thought, pg. 3*CHAPTER II. Ranke's View of the Task of Historical Scholarship, pg. 11*CHAPTER III. Ranke and the Meaning of History, pg. 32*CHAPTER IV. Burckhardt's Concept of Cultural History, pg. 46*CHAPTER V. Burckhardt and the Cultural History of His Time, pg. 81*CHAPTER VI. Ranke and Burckhardt: The Common Bond, pg. 93*INDEX, pg. 107
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Princeton University Press History Politics or Culture Reflections on Ranke
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*CHAPTER I. The Impact of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic Age on Historical Thought, pg. 3*CHAPTER II. Ranke's View of the Task of Historical Scholarship, pg. 11*CHAPTER III. Ranke and the Meaning of History, pg. 32*CHAPTER IV. Burckhardt's Concept of Cultural History, pg. 46*CHAPTER V. Burckhardt and the Cultural History of His Time, pg. 81*CHAPTER VI. Ranke and Burckhardt: The Common Bond, pg. 93*INDEX, pg. 107
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Cornell University Press Hiding from History
Book SynopsisIn Hiding from History, Meili Steele challenges an assumption at the heart of current debates in political, literary, historical, and cultural theory: that it is impossible to reason through history. Steele believes that two influential schools of...Trade Review"Hiding from History is an excellent book on a very important issue. It concerns the nature of practical reason, how we deliberate about good and bad, right and wrong. Of course, we deliberate as individuals too, but the issue here is how we deliberate in common. Meili Steele addresses the nature of public reason, highlighting the way in which literature can contribute to rational debate, sometimes in ways that philosophical argument cannot match." -- Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University"Meili Steele has written a great book, tightly argued, but expansive in scope. He shows how contemporary political thought and action have been handcuffed by the persistent attempt to transcend historical and cultural specificity. His compelling alternative of 'public imagination' avoids multiculturalism's identity fetishism by understanding culture as a process through which selves can reflect upon, reason about, and revise their lives with others." -- John McGowan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of Democracy's Children
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Cornell University Press Lazy Improvident People
Book SynopsisSince the early modern era, historians and observers of Spain, both within the country and beyond it, have identified a peculiarly Spanish disdain for work, especially manual labor, and have seen it as a primary explanation for that nation's alleged...Trade ReviewRuth MacKay's 'Lazy, Improvident People' is a critical examination of the common notion that Spaniards in general have historically preferred to do anything rather than dishonor themselves through manual labor.... To MacKay, the myth of the 'lazy, improvident' Spaniards amounts to a series of discourses in which intellectuals, Spanish and foreign alike, have for centuries been responding largely to each other in ways that reflect the specific political contingencies of their own moments rather than the social and economic realities that characterized the lives of the overwhelming majority of ordinary Spaniards.... The strength of this rich and thought-provoking monograph lies above all in the synthetic range achieved by the author via her thoughtful engagement with an incredibly broad assortment of sources.... MacKay is to be applauded heartily for offering us (to build upon her metaphor) a very 'fruitful' book indeed—one in which are contained seeds that will likely continue for many years to bear bountiful harvests of discussion and debate. -- David Coleman * Newsletter of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain *
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Cornell University Press Faithful Narratives
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together twelve eminent scholars whose research has exemplified compelling strategies for negotiating the difficulties inherent in the history of religion.Trade Review"Faithful Narratives features an all-star lineup of historians, the best of the best, and all deliver. They contend that religion cannot be explained away, ignored as a factor in human agency, reduced to a by-product of other factors, or treated as a category separate from society." -- David Kling, University of Miami, author of The Bible in History"Traversing the boundaries of the religious and the secular, the premodern and modern, and the disciplines of history and religious studies, this collection of illuminating and compelling essays offers new insights into the significance of religion in the study of history. It is an important and interdisciplinary intervention in modern historiography, for the contributors remind us that religion belongs alongside politics, economics, and culture as an integral dimension of individual and communal identity." -- Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University, author of The Gendered PalimpsestTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Challenge of Religion in History ANDREA STERK AND NINA CAPUTO Part One: Late Antique and Medieval Religious Debates and Their Modern Implications 1. Pagan Challenge, Christian Response: Emperor Julian and Gregory of Nazianzus as Paradigms of Interreligious Discourse SUSANNA ELM 2. Between Syria and Egypt: Alms, Work, and the "Holy Poor" PETER BROWN 3. Medieval Monks on Labor and Leisure JOHN VAN ENGEN 4. Sibling Rivalries, Scriptural Communities: What Medieval History Can and Cannot Teach Us about Relations between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam DAVID NIRENBERG Part Two: Early Modern Perspectives on Spirituality, Culture, and Religious Boundaries 5. The People and the Book: Print and the Transformation of Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe DAVID B. RUDERMAN 6. The Jewish Book in Christian Europe: Material Texts and Religious Encounters ANTHONY GRAFTON 7. Mission and Narrative in the Early Modern Spanish World: Diego de Ocaña's Desert in Passing KENNETH MILLS 8. Incombustible Weber: How the Protestant Reformation Really Disenchanted the World CARLOS EIRE Part Three: From the Premodern to the Modern World: Sacred Texts, Individual Agency, and Religious Identity 9. Religion and Gender in Enlightenment England: The Problem of Agency PHYLLIS MACK 10. Constructions of Jewish Identity through Reflections on Islam SUSANNAH HESCHEL 11. Bible, Translation, and Culture: From the KJV to the Christian Resurgence in Africa LAMIN SANNEH 12. Reflections on the Bible and American Public Life MARK A. NOLL Notes
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Cornell University Press History Literature Critical Theory
Book SynopsisIn this book, Dominick LaCapra continues his exploration of the complex relations between history and literature, considering history as both process and representation.Trade ReviewHistory, Literature, Critical Theory is a worthy addition to the LaCapra corpus, creating dialogues among history and other fields to enhance the possibilities for desirable change. * American Historical Review *As is true of much of LaCapra's workthis book defies easy disciplinary classification and will be welcomed by readers in a variety of disciplinesincluding Holocaust studies.... LaCapra stands as one of the most important critical theorists in the US todayand this work belongs in extensive collections of theory. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Mutual Interrogation of History and Literature2. The Quest! The Quest! Conrad and Flaubert3. Coetzee, Sebald, and the Narrative of Trauma4. Historical and Literary Approaches to the "Final Solution": Saul Friedländer and Jonathan Littell5. The Literary, the Historical, and the Sacred: The Question of NazismEpilogue: Recent Figurations of Trauma and Violence: Tarrying with ZizekNotes Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press History
Book Synopsis"No one writes more thoughtfully or interestingly about the history of the profession than Higham does."--Laurence Veysey, University of California, Santa Cruz. "A classic in the field, probably the best overall picture of American historiography we have."--Richard L. Bushman, University of Delaware.Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. The Historical Profession1. Formative Years2. Growth Since 19073. Distribution and Recruitment of Talene4. The Historian and His AudiencePart II. Theory1. Scientific History: The American Orthodoxy2. The New History3. Relativism4. The Renewal of HistoryPart III. American History1. The Conservation Evolutionist as Amateur2. The Conservation Evolutionist as Professor3. The Ascendncy of Progressive History6. A Search for StabilityPart IV. Legacy1. A Time of Troubles2. Postscript: Objectivity ReexaminedIndex
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Stanford University Press Retroactive Justice
Book SynopsisThis unorthodox scholarly work dissects the ghosts of history in order to analyze how the pastboth recent and distanthaunts posterity, and in what ways the present disfigures the image of times gone by. The book presents a novel history of Communism from the perspective of its collapse, and inspects the world beyond the Fall in the distorting mirror of its imagined prehistory. Using a series of strange and darkly ironic stories, the subsequent chapters provide a close exploration of some of the essential objects of historical study: the name, the date, the dead, the relic, the pantheon, the court, the underworld, and the underground. The tension between vast distances, both in space and time, that Retroactive Justice covers, and the extremely focused analyses, provide an unexpected experience of writing and rewriting, visioning and revisioning history.Trade Review"The book...examines key moments in 20th-century Hungarian history from oblique angles; how politically sensitive exhumations pluck the strings of contemporary nationalism; the significance of the banishment and revival of national holidays....One extraordinary chapter uses the creation of a 'Pantheon of the Working-Class Movement' in Budapest's Kerepesi Cemetery to write an intricately wrought history of political burials in Hungary and elsewhere." -- Chronicle of Higher Education"This is a beautifully written book....Rev is remarkable for his capacity somehow to reconcile his own history with the analytical detachment of a scholar of great brilliance." -- London Review of Books"[Rev's] book is a superb introduction to the problems one encounters when approaching the extraordinarily complicated recent history of Hungary and Eastern Europe....History recovers a calling in this marvelous book, which deserves an audience far beyond area specialists." -- American Historical Review"The hope is...that the readership of Retroactive Justice will acknowledge that it addresses an important lacuna in Western academic studies of the communist era in central eastern Europe, and as such it not only provides new knowledge about that era, but, more importantly, challenges conventional and linear perceptions of historical events." -- Canadian Journal of History"Retroactive Justice is a collection of extraordinarily intelligent and profound studies about Hungarian society and its struggles to establish a comforting relationship with its twentieth-century past." -- Austrian History YearbookTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc2:Introduction 000 1. Parallel Autopsies 000 2. The Necronym 000 3. A Pantheon 000 4. Holy Days 000 5. A Rule of Law 000 6. Underground 000 7. Transition 000 @toc4:Index 000
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Stanford University Press Sublime Historical Experience
Book SynopsisWhy are we interested in history at all? Why do we feel the need to distinguish between past and present? In this book, the author argues that the past originates from an experience of rupture separating past and present. Think of the radical rupture with Europe''s past that was effected by the French and the Industrial Revolutions. Sublime Historical Experience investigates how the notion of sublime historical experience complicates and challenges existing conceptions of language, truth, and knowledge. These experiences of rupture are paradoxical since they involve both the separation of past and present and, at the same time, the effort to overcome this separation in terms of historical knowledge. The experience unites feelings of loss/pain with those of love/satisfaction, and thus is in agreement with how sublime experience is ordinarily defined. The experience is also precognitive since it precedes (the possibility of) historical knowledge. As such it is a challenge to trTable of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgments xxx Preface xxx Introduction: Experience in History and in Philosophy 1 1 Linguistic transcendentalism in extremis: The case of Richard Rorty 2 From language to experience 3 Huizinga on historical experience 4 Fragments of a history of historical experience 5 Gadamer and historical experience 6 (Pragmatist) aesthetic experience and historical experience 7 Subjective historical experience: the past as elegy 8 Sublime historical experience Epilogue: Rousseau and Holderlin Notes Index
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Stanford University Press Sublime Historical Experience
Book SynopsisWhy are we interested in history at all? Why do we feel the need to distinguish between past and present? This book investigates how the notion of sublime historical experience complicates and challenges existing conceptions of language, truth, and knowledge.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgments xxx Preface xxx Introduction: Experience in History and in Philosophy 1 1 Linguistic transcendentalism in extremis: The case of Richard Rorty 2 From language to experience 3 Huizinga on historical experience 4 Fragments of a history of historical experience 5 Gadamer and historical experience 6 (Pragmatist) aesthetic experience and historical experience 7 Subjective historical experience: the past as elegy 8 Sublime historical experience Epilogue: Rousseau and Holderlin Notes Index
£22.49
MP-KST Kent State Uni The Alternate History Refiguring Historical Time
Book SynopsisWhat would the world be like is history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this question, and this text analyzes alternate history science fiction through a variety of historical models. It raises questions of narrative, writers, temporality and time.
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Pipe Roll Society The White Book ILiber AlbusI of Southwell
Book SynopsisFirst complete edition of an invaluable and extensive collection of medieval documents.with contributions from Neil Bettridge, Jean Cameron, Paul Cavill and Teresa Webber. The White Book of Southwell derives its name from its white vellum cover. Compiled between c.1350 and 1460, with a few later additions, its 500 pages record 620 individual documents from c.1100 onwards. They range widely from papal bulls and royal charters, quo warranto inquiries, privileges granted by many archbishops of York to the Chapter at Southwell,individual canons (or prebendaries) and the parishes where the Minster held lands or controlled livings. The majority date from c.1200-1460 and concern properties which the Chapter owned and administered through its courts, for which some rare proceedings are preserved. Because of their variety, the documents it contains are important not simply for ecclesiastical history but for broader social and economic trends in medieval Nottinghamshire either side of the BlackTrade ReviewThese volumes deserve to be widely used and plundered, and doubtless will be. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *This is an exemplary edition.It is very satisfactory that at last there is an authoritative source for historians wishing to check a point of detail concerning the history or constitution of the Southwell chapter. * THE RICARDIAN *Editing this manuscript has been an important, and challenging undertaking, in terms of size, date and range of documentation. The expertise of the several editors here is very much apparent. -- Northern HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction The White Book of Southwell Appendix A: Additional documents relating to the privileges and administration of the Collegiate church of St Mary's, Southwell, not found in the White Book Appendix B: Check-list of documents in chronological order to 1540 illustrating the privileges and administration of the Collegiate church of St Mary's, Southwell, and its estates not included in the White Book, the 'Second Cartulary' or Appendix A Appendix C: Summary Fasti of Canons and Prebendaries of Southwell to 1540
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Tracing Architecture
Book SynopsisTracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print in the long eighteenth century. Looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. Considers the interrelationship between architecture, antiquity and aesthetics in a pan-European context. Explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Tracing Architecture: the aesthetics of antiquarianism (Dana Arnold and Stephen Bending). Monuments and Texts: Antiquarianism and the beauty of antiquity (Maria Grazia Lolla). Facts or Fragments? Visual histories in the age of mechanical reproduction (Dana Arnold). The Sources and Fortunes of Piranesi’s Archaeological Illustrations (Susan M. Dixon). Antiquity and Improvement in the National Landscape: the Buck’s views of antiquities 1726-42 (Andrew Kennedy). Data, Documentation and Display in Eighteenth-Century Investigations of Exeter Cathedral (Sam Smiles). Every Man is Naturally an Antiquarian: Francis Grose and polite antiquities (Stephen Bending). Voyage: Dominique-Vivant Denon and the transference of images of Egypt (Abigail Harrison Moore). Specimens of Antient Sculpture: Imperialism and the decline of art (Andrew Ballantyne). Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Western Historical Thought
Book Synopsis* Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day. * Provides students with the background to contemporary historical debates and approaches. * Serves as a useful reference for researchers and teachers. * Includes chapters by 24 leading historians. .Trade Review"This companion is expansive in its subject and links with other disciplines, such as ancient history and the classics, anthropology, Biblical studies and theology… It covers many expected subjects, but also explores lesser-known areas of historical interest as well as the challenges to historical thought in the twenty-first century that will continue to make this companion a useful library resource." Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Contributors viii Acknowledgments xii Introduction: The Cultural History of Historical Thought Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza 1 Part I The Pre-modern Origins of Western Historical Thought 1 Historiography in Ancient Israel John Van Seters 15 2 Historical Thought in Ancient Greece Philip A. Stadter 35 3 Historical Thought in Ancient Rome J. E. Lendon 60 4 Historical Thought in Medieval Europe Gabrielle M. Spiegel 78 5 Historical Thought in the Renaissance Paula Findlen 99 Part II The Shaping of Modern Western Historical Thought 6 Historical Thought in the Era of the Enlightenment Johnson Kent Wright 123 7 German Historical Thought in the Age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel Harold Mah 143 8 German Historical Writing from Ranke to Weber: The Primacy of Politics Harry Liebersohn 166 9 National History in the Age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft Thomas N. Baker 185 10 Marxism and Historical Thought Walter L. Adamson 205 Part III Patterns in Twentieth-century Western Historical Thought 11 The Professionalization of Historical Studies and the Guiding Assumptions of Modern Historical Thought Georg G. Iggers 225 12 The History of Armed Power Peter Paret 243 13 Total History and Microhistory: The French and Italian Paradigms David A. Bell 262 14 Anthropology and the History of Culture William M. Reddy 277 15 The History of Science, Or, an Oxymoronic Theory of Relativistic Objectivity Ken Alder 297 16 Language, Literary Studies, and Historical Thought Susan A. Crane 319 17 Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Historical Thought Lynn Hunt 337 18 Redefining Historical Identities: Sexuality, Gender, and the Self Carolyn J. Dean 357 19 Historicizing Natural Environments: The Deep Roots of Environmental History Andrew C. Isenberg 372 Part IV Challenges to the Boundaries of Western Historical Thought 20 The New World History Jerry H. Bentley 393 21 Postcolonial History Prasenjit Duara 417 22 The Multicultural History of Nations Donna R. Gabaccia 432 23 New Technologies and Historical Knowledge James M. Murray 447 24 The Visual Media and Historical Knowledge Robert A. Rosenstone 466 Consolidated Bibliography 482 Index 495
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Birth of the Past
Book SynopsisFeaturing a foreword by the eminent historian Anthony Grafton, this fascinating book draws upon a diverse range of sources-ancient histories, medieval theology, Renaissance art, literature, legal thought, and early modern mathematics and social science-to uncover the meaning of the past and its relationship to the present.Trade ReviewComplex and erudite, confident and controversial. As Schiffman's brilliant argument suggests, anachronism not only helps define the past but becomes its doppelganger. Times Literary Supplement Lively, brilliant, and erudite. [Schiffman's] learned and engaging style [and] fresh, stimulating ideas provide a intellectual feast not only for students of Western civilization, but for those of us seeking to understand other traditions. Essential. Choice This ambitious, lucid book chronicles European methods of imagining and representing the past from the ancient Greeks to the French Enlightenment. Schiffman provides a masterful account of the emergence of modern notions of historical causation that begins with Thucydides and ends more than two thousand years later with Montesquieu and Herder. Sixteenth Century Journal Anyone with an interest in the history of ideas, or the history of historiography for that matter, will find that this book repays close attention. Reviews in History Thought-provoking. History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive This is an important book, and deserves to be widely read. The Sun News Network Schiffman has given us a 'historiographical essay' by his own admission, and an excellent one at that: not the whole truth, but, more valuably, a new foothold for serious engagement. -- Anthony Ossa-Richardson Intellectual History Review It is refreshing to read a book with a clear, even bold, thesis that forces readers to reexamine the authority and applicability of basic historical concepts... The strength of this engaging study is not simply that it historicizes and thus defamiliarizes what passes for common sense in the present but also that it reconstructs what had been regarded as common sense in previous epochs in the Western tradition, from antiquity to the Christian era, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment. Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsForeword, by Anthony GraftonGestationIntroduction The Past Definedpart oneAntiquityFlatlandPasts PresentThe Herodotean AchievementThucydides and the RefashioningsLinear TimeHellenistic Innovationspart twoChristianityCan't Get Here from ThereThe Power of PrayerBreakthrough to the NowThe Idea of the SæculumThe Sæculum ReconfiguredGregory of Tours and the SæculumBack from the Futurepart threeRenaissanceThe Living PastThe Birth of AnachronismPetrarch's "Copernican Leap"The Commonplace View of the WorldJean Bodin and the Unity of Historypart fourEnlightenmentPresence and DistanceBiography as a Form of HistoryThe Politics of HistoryThe Relations of Truth / The Truth of RelationsMontesquieu and the Relations of ThingsThe Past EmergesEpilogue The Past HistoricizedNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Reencounters
Book Synopsis In Reencounters,Crystal Mun-hye Baik examines what it means to live with and remember an ongoing war when its manifestations—hypervisible and deeply sensed—become everyday formations delinked from militarization. Contemplating beyond notions of inherited trauma and post memory, Baik offers the concept of reencounters to better track the Korean War’s illegible entanglements through an interdisciplinary archive of diasporic memory works that includes oral history projects, performances, and video installations rarely examined by Asian American studies scholars. Baik shows how Korean refugee migrations are repackaged into celebrated immigration narratives, how transnational adoptees are reclaimed by the South Korean state as welcomed “returnees,” and how militarized colonial outposts such as Jeju Island are recalibrated into desirable tourist destinations. Baik argues that as the works by Korean and Korean/American artists depict t
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Temple University Press,U.S. Reencounters
Book Synopsis In Reencounters,Crystal Mun-hye Baik examines what it means to live with and remember an ongoing war when its manifestations—hypervisible and deeply sensed—become everyday formations delinked from militarization. Contemplating beyond notions of inherited trauma and post memory, Baik offers the concept of reencounters to better track the Korean War’s illegible entanglements through an interdisciplinary archive of diasporic memory works that includes oral history projects, performances, and video installations rarely examined by Asian American studies scholars. Baik shows how Korean refugee migrations are repackaged into celebrated immigration narratives, how transnational adoptees are reclaimed by the South Korean state as welcomed “returnees,” and how militarized colonial outposts such as Jeju Island are recalibrated into desirable tourist destinations. Baik argues that as the works by Korean and Korean/American artists depict t
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University of Toronto Press Stalins Empire of Memory
Book SynopsisBased on declassified materials from eight Ukrainian and Russian archives, Stalin''s Empire of Memory, offers a complex and vivid analysis of the politics of memory under Stalinism. Using the Ukrainian republic as a case study, Serhy Yekelchyk elucidates the intricate interaction between the Kremlin, non-Russian intellectuals, and their audiences.Yekelchyk posits that contemporary representations of the past reflected the USSR''s evolution into an empire with a complex hierarchy among its nations. In reality, he argues, the authorities never quite managed to control popular historical imagination or fully reconcile Russia''s ''glorious past'' with national mythologies of the non-Russian nationalities.Combining archival research with an innovative methodology that links scholarly and political texts with the literary works and artistic images, Stalin''s Empire of Memory presents a lucid, readable text that will become a must-have for students, academics, aTrade Review"Yekelchyk's account is a model of archival research and clear exposition." -- Timothy Snyder American Historical Review "By masterfully integrating theories of collective memory with archival research and by detailing the party's compromises with the past, Yekelchyk has produced a rich and thought-provoking assessment of the politics of memory in Soviet Ukraine." -- George O. Liber Journal of Modern History "Yekelchyk's investigation of the 'creation' of Soviet Ukraine is nothing less than an interdisciplinary tour de force that supplies fascinating insight into the party's accidental role in the formation of the USSR's successor states." -- David Brandenberger Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire "Of significant interest to the broader scholarly audience interested in problems of nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism, as well as to college students beginning to explore these issues." -- Denis Kozlov Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue canadienne des slavistes
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina History Comes Alive Public History and Popular
Book SynopsisFor the majority of the twentieth century, Americans thought of the past as foundational to, but separate from, the present, and they learned and thought about history in informational terms. But Rymsza-Pawlowska argues that the popular culture of the 1970s reflected an emerging desire to engage and enact the past on a more emotional level.
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the TwentyFirst Century
Book SynopsisDelves into the essential nature of the liberal arts in America today. Written by scholars from a diversity of fields and institutions, the essays in this collection legitimize the liberal arts and offer visions for the role of these disciplines in the modern world.
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