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Ad Hominem Attacks
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Author_Keith Jenkins
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Debates Rorty
Discursive Practices
Draw Back
Elizabeth Fox Genovese
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Elton's Views
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Hayden White
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Historical Sublime
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historiography theory
History Today
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Inclined
Language Games
Liberal Ironist
Longest Lie
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Lower Case Historian
modernism critique
North Atlantic Democracies
philosophy of history
Postmodern Type
poststructuralist analysis
Primitive Elements
Proper History
Rorty's Definition
Rorty’s Definition
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undergraduate history studies
Undergraduate Students
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415097253
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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On `What is History?' provides a student introduction to contemporary historiographical debates.
Carr and Elton are still the starting point for the vast majority of introductory courses on the nature of history. Building on his highly successful Rethinking History, Keith Jenkins explores in greater detail the influence of these key figures. He argues that historians need to move beyond their `modernist' thinking and embrace the postmodern-type approaches of thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Hayden White.
Through its radical critique of Carr and Elton and its championing of Rorty and White, On `What is History'? represents a significant development for introductory studies on the nature of history.
