Our Shadowed Present: Modernism, Postmodernism, And History - Brossura

Clark, J. C. D.

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ISBN 10: 0804751498 ISBN 13: 9780804751490

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

This important and stimulating volume seeks to defend the value of historical understanding in the face of social-scientific and especially postmodernist criticisms of historical method and the usefulness of history for understanding the present. Clark argues that modernism and postmodernism can both be explained historically; that we cannot emancipate ourselves from the past; that historical identities are deeply rooted; and that the interplay of ideas in the public arena frequently disguises these truths, but does not abolish them.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jonathan Clark is the Hall Distinguished Professor of British History at the University of Kansas. He was formerly a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and of All Souls College, Oxford. He is the author of a number of highly regarded books on early modern England.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

“Written in clear language, this book offers a seasoned historian’s effective response to postmodernism’s challenge to culture and history.”—CHOICE
“Historians, particularly of Britain and the United States, looking for an original perspective on postmodernism presented in jargon-free prose should find this worth reading.”—Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Stanford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0804751498
• ISBN 13: 9780804751490
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 336