A New Philosophy of History

Edited by Frank Ankersmit and Hans Kellner.

What is history? From Thucydides to Toynbee historians and nonhistorians alike have wondered how to answer this question. Ten contributions reflect on developments over the last two decades in historical writing, not least the renewed interest in the status of narrative itself and the presence of the authorial "voice." Subjects include the problems of Grand Narrative, multiple voices and the personal presence of the historian in his text, the ambitions of the French "Annales" school and the so-called "Grand Chronicler, " and the relevance of non-literary models - museum presentations and picturings - regarding historical discourse. The range of approaches found in "A New Philosophy of History" ensures that this book will establish itself as required reading not only for historians, but for everyone interested in literary theory, philosophy, or cultural studies. With contributions by Hans Kellner, Nancy F. Partner, Richard T. Vann, Arthur C. Danto, Linda Orr, Philippe Carrard, Ann Rigney, Allan Megill, Robert Berkhofer, Stephen Bann and Frank Ankersmit. IX,289 Seiten, broschiert (University of Chicago Press 1995) textsauber, mit Gebrauchsspuren, Rücken etwas ausgeblichen/clean text pages, traces of use, spine somewhat discoloured