History as Wonder: Beginning with Historiography

ISBN-13: 9781138846227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 210 str.

Marnie Hughes-Warrington

Opis

History and Wonder is a refreshing new take on the idea of history that tracks the entanglement of history and philosophy over time through the key idea of wonder. Accessible, engaging and wide-ranging, this is an original addition to the field of historiography and is ideal for those both new to and familiar with the study of history.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction: Beginning with History as Wonder 1. Sense and Non-sense in Ancient Greek Histories 2.Wonderful and Curious Histories in Pre-Modern Europe 3. The Wonders of History in the Pre-Modern Islamic World 4. Wonder Against Ritual: Strange Chinese Histories 5. Historical Cabinets of Curiosity in Early Modern Europe 6. Spirited Histories in Modern Europe 7. Seeing the Wonder Trick in Histories of the Moving Image 8. History’s Others, History’s Ethics: Gendering Wonder 9. Renewing Wonder in Postcolonial Histories 10. The Banality of History Conclusion: I Wonder as I Wander Bibliography Index

O autorze

Marnie Hughes-Warrington is a professor of history at the Australian National University. She is the author of several historiography books, including Fifty Key Thinkers on History (three editions), History Goes to the Movies (2007) and Revisionist Histories (2013).