Title

Login

Join

Book's by Kalle Pihlainen

Covers

List

Ideas in History 7

Journal of the Nordic Society for the History of Ideas

By: Katarina Leppänen,Rebecka Lettevall,Anna Bohlin,Jenny Bergenmar,Eve Annuk,Kalle Pihlainen,Kristin Rodier

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ideas in History 7

Journal of the Nordic Society for the History of Ideas

By: Katarina Leppänen,Rebecka Lettevall,Anna Bohlin,Jenny Bergenmar,Eve Annuk,Kalle Pihlainen,Kristin Rodier

Ideas in History is the result of collaborative efforts among nearly a dozen universities and colleges throughout the Nordic countries. The purpose of these initiatives is to further awareness of research, resources, and activities in the field of intellectual history in the Nordic countries as well as internationally. The journals introduces Nordic and international readerships to some of the finest work in intellectual history by Nordic-based scholars as well as international authors. The purpose of the journal is to create a meeting ground for the study of ideas in historical context across disciplinary, geographical and institutional boundaries. Ideas in History welcomes interdisciplinary approaches to intellectual history at the same time it acknowledges specific traditions in the field. Ideas in History seeks a pluralism of methodological approaches to intellectual history: reflections on the field, historical contexts studied, subject matter for intellectual-historical investigation, critical understandings of relations between the intellectual past and present as well as the comprehension of culturally, politically and geographically diverse intellectual traditions.

Average ratings

N/A

5

0%

4

0%

3

0%

2

0%

1

0%

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

169

Publisher

Museum Tusculanum Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

8763554240

ISBN 13

9788763554244

The Work of History

Constructivism and a Politics of the Past

By: Kalle Pihlainen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Work of History

Constructivism and a Politics of the Past

By: Kalle Pihlainen

Since the appearance of Hayden White’s seminal work Metahistory in 1973, constructivist thought has been a key force within theory of history and has at times even provided inspiration for historians more generally. Despite the radical theoretical shift marked by constructivism and elaborated in detail by its proponents, confusion regarding many of its practical and ethical consequences persists, however, and its position on truth and meaning is routinely misconstrued. To remedy this situation, The Work of History seeks to mediate between constructivist theory and history practitioners’ intuitions about the nature of their work, especially as these relate to the so-called fact–fiction debate and to the literary challenges involved in the production of historical accounts. In doing so, the book also offers much-needed insight into debates about our experiential relations with the past, the political use of history and the role of facts in the contestation of power.

Average ratings

N/A

5

0%

4

0%

3

0%

2

0%

1

0%

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

263

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315521598

ISBN 13

9781315521596