{"product_id":"the-ethos-of-history-time-and-responsibility-9781785338847","title":"The Ethos of History: Time and Responsibility","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAt a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globalization are reshaping historical consciousness, what is the proper role for historians and their work? By way of an answer, the contributors to this volume offer up an illuminating collective meditation on the idea of \u003cem\u003eethos\u003c\/em\u003e and its relevance for historical practice. These intellectually adventurous essays demonstrate how ethos—a term evoking a society’s “fundamental character” as well as an ethical appeal to knowledge and commitment—can serve as a conceptual lodestar for history today, not only as a narrative, but as a form of consciousness and an ethical-political orientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“With eleven engaging and well-written chapters,\u003c\/em\u003e The Ethos of History \u003cem\u003eoffers a substantial contribution to contemporary debates about the role of history in our present cultural condition. A diverse group of writers, from junior researchers to established scholars such as Joan W. Scott, Aleida Assman and Hans Ruin, bring a wealth of thoughtful perspectives from philosophy, gender studies, literary and cultural theory.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Philosophy of History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume offers much and important food for thought by describing the variety of the historical-theoretical debate and pointing out numerous open questions. It suggests focusing especially on concepts of time as well as ontological and epistemological uncertainty in historical thinking and perhaps to learn to appreciate these.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Geschichte für Heute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This well-written volume offers plenty of material for cultural and literary studies as it explores how to live with the past, and how the past lives in us.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oulu, Finland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is very useful for understanding the relationship between ethos and temporality. In showing how ethical questions blur the boundary between past, present, and future, it represents an important contribution to the literature.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Harry Jansen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ethos of History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefan Helgesson and Jayne Svenungsson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Towards a New Ethos of History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAleida Assmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Vampire, the Undead and the Anxieties of Historical Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eClaudia Lindén and Hans Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e History, Justice and the Time of the Imprescriptible\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVictoria Fareld\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Narrating Pasts for Peace? A Critical Analysis of Some Recent Initiatives of Historical Reconciliation through ‘Historical Dialogue’ and ‘Shared History’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBerber Bevernage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Psychoanalysis and the Indeterminacy of History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoan W. Scott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Does Time Have a Gender? Queer Temporality, Anachronism, and the Desire for the Past\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKristina Fjelkestam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘The One Who Should Die Is the One Who Shall Live’: Prophetic Temporalities in Contemporary Colonial Brazil\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatricia Lorenzoni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Radical Time in (Post)Colonial Narratives\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefan Helgesson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Engaged History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Speakers for the Dead: Digital Memory and the Construction of Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlana M. Vincent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e History Begins in the Future: On Historical Sensibility in the Age of Technology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZoltán Boldizsár Simon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHans Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042411282775,"sku":"9781785338847","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785338847.jpg?v=1750954068","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ethos-of-history-time-and-responsibility-9781785338847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}