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On the Future of History : The Postmodernist Challenge and Its Aftermath
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On the Future of History : The Postmodernist Challenge and Its Aftermath Paperback - 2003

by Breisach, Ernst

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  • Title On the Future of History : The Postmodernist Challenge and Its Aftermath
  • Author Breisach, Ernst
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
  • Date November 15, 2003
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 45929926-6
  • ISBN 9780226072807 / 0226072800
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.57 in (23.37 x 14.99 x 1.45 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Historiography, Postmodernism - Social aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003006765
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306

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The parallelism has been striking, perhaps also a bit deceptive.

From the rear cover

What does postmodernism mean for the future of history? Can one still write history in postmodernity? To answer questions such as these, Ernst Breisach provides the first comprehensive overview of postmodernism and its complex relationship to history and historiography. Placing postmodern theories in their intellectual and historical contexts, he shows how they are part of broad developments in Western culture.

Breisach sees postmodernism as neither just a fad nor a universal remedy. In clear and concise language, he presents and critically evaluates the major views on history held by influential postmodernists, such as Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, and the new narrativists. Along the way, he introduces to the reader major debates among historians over postmodern theories of evidence, objectivity, meaning and order, truth, and the usefulness of history. He also discusses new types of history that have emerged as a consequence of postmodernism, including cultural history, microhistory, and new historicism.

For anyone concerned with the postmodern challenge to history, both advocates and critics alike, On the Future of History will be a welcome guide.

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Citations

  • Choice, 06/01/2004, Page 1934

About the author

Ernst A. Breisach is a Professor of History Emeritus at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, Modern, second edition, and American Progressive History: An Experiment in Modernization, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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