The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory : SAGE Publications

The Editors Introduce The Core Areas Of Current Debate Within Historical Theory, Bringing The Reader As Up To Date With Continuing Debates And Current Developments As Is Possible. The Book Is Divided Into Three Parts, Covering: Part I. Foundations: The Theoretical Grounds For Knowledge Of The Past ; Part Ii. Applications: Theory-intensive Areas In History ; Part Iii. Coda. Post-postmodernism: Directions And Interrogations. This Important Handbook Brings Together In One Volume Discussions Of The Role Of Modernity, Empiricism, Realism, Post-modernity And Deconstruction In The Historian's Craft. Chapters Are Written By Leading Writers From Around The World And Cover A Wide Spread Of Historical Sub-disciplines, Such As Social History, Intellectual History, Narrative, Gender, Memory, Psycho-analysis And Cultural Studies, Taking In, Along The Way, The Work Of Thinkers Such As Paul Ricouer, Michel Foucault And Hayden White. The Sage Handbook Of Historical Theory Is An Essential Resource For Practicing Historians, And Students Of History, And Will Appeal To Scholars In Related Disciplines In The Social Sciences And Humanities Who Seek A Closer Understanding Of The Theoretical Foundations Of History.--publisher's Website. Foundations : Theoretical Frameworks For Knowledge Of The Past / Nancy Partner -- Modernity And History : The Professional Discipline. -- The Turn Towards 'science' : Historians Delivering Untheorized Truth / Michael Bentley -- The Implications Of Empiricism For History / Lutz Raphael -- The Case For Historical Imagination : Defending The Human Factor And Narrative / Jan Van Der Dussen -- The Annales School : Variations On Realism, Methods And Time / Joseph Tendler -- Intellectual History : From Ideas To Meanings / Donald R. Kelley -- Social History : A New Kind Of History / Brian Lewis -- Postmodernism : The Linguistic Turn And Historical Knowledge. -- The Work Of Hayden White I : Mimesis, Figuration, And The Writing Of History / Robert Doran -- The Work Of Hayden White Ii : Defamiliarizing Narrative / Kalle Pihlainen -- Derrida And Deconstruction : Challenges To The Transparency Of Language / Robert M. Stein -- The Return Of Rhetoric / Hans Kellner --^ Michel Foucault : The Unconscious Of History And Culture / Clare O'farrell -- History As Text : Narrative Theory And History / Ann Rigney -- The Boundaries Of History And Fiction / Ann Curthoys And John Docker -- Applications : Theory-intensive Areas Of History / Nancy Partner -- The Newest Social History : Crisis And Renewal / Brian Lewis -- Women's History/feminist History / Judith P. Zinsser -- Gender I : From Women's History To Gender History / Bonnie G. Smith -- Gender Ii : Masculinity Acquires A History / Karen Harvey -- Sexuality And History / Amy Richlin -- Psychoanalysis And The Making Of History / Michael Roper -- New National Narratives / Kevin Foster -- Cultural Studies And History / Gilbert B. Rodman -- Memory : Witness, Experience, Collective Meaning / Patrick H. Hutton -- Postcolonial Theory And History / Benjamin Zachariah -- Coda. Post-postmodernism : Directions And Interrogations / Nancy Partner --^ Post-positivist Realism : Regrounding Representation / John H. Zammito -- Historical Experience Beyond The Linguistic Turn / Frank Ankersmit -- Photographs : Reading The Image For History / Judith Keilbach -- Digital Information : 'let A Hundred Flowers Bloom ... ' : Is Digital A Cultural Revolution? / Valerie Johnson And David Thomas -- Recovering The Self : Agency After Deconstruction / David Gary Shaw -- The Fundamental Things Apply : Aristotle's Narrative Theory And The Classical Origins Of Postmodern History / Nancy Partner. Edited By Nancy Partner And Sarah Foot. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. COVER 1 Contents 6 List of contributors 10 PART I - Foundations: Theoretical Frameworks for Knowledge of the Past 18 Modernity and History: The Professional Discipline 26 1 The Turn Towards ‘Science’: Historians Delivering Untheorized Truth 27 2 The Implications of Empiricism for History 40 3 The Case for Historical Imagination: Defending the Human Factor and Narrative 58 4 The Annales School: Variations on Realism, Method and Time 84 5 Intellectual History: From Ideas to Meanings 98 6 Social History: a New Kind of History 110 Postmodernism: The Linguistic Turn and Historical Knowledge 122 7 The Work of Hayden White I: Mimesis, Figuration and the Writing of History 123 8 The Work of Hayden White II: Defamiliarizing Narrative 136 9 Derrida and Deconstruction: Challenges to the Transparency of Language 153 10 The Return of Rhetoric 165 11 Michel Foucault: The Unconscious of History and Culture 179 12 History as Text: Narrative Theory and History 200 13 The Boundaries of History and Fiction 219 PART II - Applications: Theory-intensive Areas of History 238 14 The Newest Social History: Crisis and Renewal 242 15 Women’s History/Feminist History 255 16 Gender I: From Women’s History to Gender History 283 17 Gender II: Masculinity Acquires a History 299 18 Sexuality and History 311 19 Psychoanalysis and the Making of History 328 20 New National Narratives 343 21 Cultural Studies and History 359 22 Memory: Witness, Experience, Collective Meaning 371 23 Postcolonial Theory and History 395 PART III - Coda. Post-postmodernism: Directions and Interrogations 414 24 Post-positivist Realism:Regrounding Representation 418 25 Historical Experience Beyond the Linguistic Turn 441 26 Photographs: Reading the Image for History 456 27 Digital Information: ‘Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom ...’ Is Digital a Cultural Revolution? 475 28 Recovering the Self: Agency after Deconstruction 491 29 The Fundamental Things Apply: Aristotle’s Narrative Theory and the Classical Origins of Postmodern History 512 Index 526 The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory introduces the foundations of modern historical theory and the applications of theory to a full range of sub-fields of historical research, bringing the reader as up to date as possible with continuing debates and current developments. The book is divided into three key parts, covering: - Part I. Foundations: The Theoretical Grounds for Knowledge of the Past - Part II. Applications: Theory-Intensive Areas in History - Part III. Coda. Post-Postmodernism: Directions and Interrogations. This important handbook brings together, in one volume, discussions of modernity, empiricism, deconstruction, narrative and postmodernity in the continuing evolution of the historical discipline into our post-postmodern era. Chapters are written by leading academics from around the world and cover a wide array of specialized areas of the discipline, including social history, intellectual history, gender, memory, psychoanalysis and cultural history. The influence of major thinkers such as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and Hayden White is fully examined. This handbook is an essential resource for practising historians, and students of history, and will appeal to scholars in related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities who seek a closer understanding of the theoretical foundations of history. Presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations of History and the applications of that theory in historical practice. This book introduces the core areas of the debate within historical theory. It is suitable for practising historians and scholars in related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities