Deconstructing History / Edition 2

by Alun Munslow

Overview

Deconstructive readings of history and sources have changed the entire discipline of history. Detailing both empiricist and deconstruction issues and considering the arguments of both schools, Deconstructing History debates whether history is defined as the textual

product of historians or the textual model for the past itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900415391442
Publication date:	03/17/2006
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Alun Munslow is principal lecturer in History, University of Staffordshire and editor of Rethinking History.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Past in a Changing Present

Chapter 2. History as Reconstruction / Construction

Chapter 3. History as Deconstruction

Chapter 4. What is Wrong with Deconstructionist History?

Chapter 5. What is Wrong

with Reconstructionist / Constructionist History?

Chapter 6. Michel Foucault and History

Chapter 7. Hayden White and Deconstructionist History

Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Questioning whether history, as a discipline, can accurately recover and represent the content of the past through the form of the narrative, Munslow draws on the work of postmodern theorists to explore such questions as whether empiricism legitimately constitutes history as a separate epistemology; the character of historical evidence and its function; the role of the historian, his or her use of social theory, and the construction of explanatory frameworks in historical understanding; and the significance to historical explanation of narrative form. Paper edition (unseen), $24.99. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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