Theories of history : history read across the humanities / edited by Michael J. Kelly and Arthur Rose.

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Kelly, Michael J

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic,. 2018Description: x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781474271301

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DDC classification:

23 901 KEL

Contents:

1. Introduction: Evental History and the Humanities 2. From the Extended Mind to the Anthropocene: Rethinking Scale in Literary History 3. How We Got Out of Music History, and How We Can Get Back into It 4. Humanist Matters 5. The Rhetoric of Time and the Time of Rhetoric 6. Past, Present, and Future 7. The Nigerian "History Machine" 8. History as a Scam: Confrontation and Resentment between Archaeology and History 9. Alternative Forms of Historical Writing: Concepts and Facts in Goya's Disasters of War 10. "Methods of Reasoning and Imagination": History's Failures and Capacities in Anglophone Design Research

Summary: "In a unique approach to historical representations, the central question of this book is 'what is history?' By describing 'history' through its supplementary function to the field of history, rather than the ground of a study, this collection considers new insights into historical thinking and historiography across the humanities. It fosters engagement from around the disciplines in historical thinking and, from Read more...

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	901 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36879

1. Introduction: Evental History and the Humanities
2. From the Extended Mind to the Anthropocene: Rethinking Scale in Literary History
3. How We Got Out of Music History, and How We Can Get Back into It
4. Humanist Matters 5. The Rhetoric of Time and the Time of Rhetoric 6. Past, Present, and Future
7. The Nigerian "History Machine" 8. History as a Scam: Confrontation and Resentment between Archaeology and History
9. Alternative Forms of Historical Writing: Concepts and Facts in Goya's Disasters of War
10. "Methods of Reasoning and Imagination": History's Failures and Capacities in Anglophone Design Research

"In a unique approach to historical representations, the central question of this book is 'what is history?' By describing 'history' through its supplementary function to the field of history, rather than the ground of a study, this collection considers new insights into historical thinking and historiography across the humanities. It fosters engagement from around the disciplines in historical thinking and, from Read more...

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