Historiography

Hayden White

Name: Hayden White
Brand: Polity Press
SKU: 9780745650135
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ISBN: 9780745650135

Contributor(s): Paul, Herman Author Format: Hardback

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ISBN	9780745650135
Publisher	Polity Press
Publication date	August 2011
Language	English
MRP	£55.00 GBP
Page count	214
Item weight	101 g

This new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White's thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White's core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present. Starting with White's medievalist research and youthful fascination for French existentialism, Paul shows how White became increasingly convinced that historical writing is a moral activity. He goes on to argue that the critical concepts that have secured White's fame - trope, plot, discourse, figural realism - all stem from his desire to explicate the moral claims and perceptions underlying historical writing. White emerges as a passionate thinker, a restless rebel against scientism, and a defender of existentialist humanist values.

This innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker.

Hayden White

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Paul, Herman Author

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