KEY METAPHORS FOR HISTORY FERNANDE

ISBN-13: 9781138354463 / Twarda / 2024

FERNANDEZ-SEBASTIAN

Opis

This book identifies some of the key metaphorical resources employed by historians.

Spis treści

Introduction. The power of metaphors / Chapter 1. Metaphorizing history / Chapter 2. Time and memory / Chapter 3. Pasts, presents, and futures / Chapter 4. Sources, events, processes / Chapter 5. Modernity, crisis, revolution / Chapter 6. Progress, decline, transition  / Chapter 7. Final thoughts

O autorze

 Javier Fernández-Sebastián is Professor Emeritus at the University of the Basque Country, he has worked extensively on conceptual history and has recently been interested in the theory of history. His latest publications include: Historia conceptual en el Atlántico ibérico (2021), Metafóricas espacio-temporales para la historia (2021) and Tiempos de la historia, tiempos del derecho (2021).