Modern Historiography: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415202671 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 200 str.

Michael Bentley

Opis

An introduction to the history of historical writing. The text explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era. In an overview of modern historiography, the book includes surveys on: the Enlightenment and counter Enlightenment; romanticism; the voice of science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought; the influence of, and broadening contact with, the New World; the Annales school in France; and the effects of the repression and exile of the inter-war years and the Post-War moods.

Recenzje

'Modern Historiography is also well suited to graduate students, but in addition offers much to bright undergraduates and to non-specialist academics seeking a thoughtful and sound guide to the western tradition.' – The Times Higher Education Supplement

'This book is a great read. It will fascinate, irritate and educate anyone who is interested in history.' – History Teaching Review Year Book

'Lively and concise, the book is ... an ideal introduction.' – English Historical Review

Spis treści

1. The Enlightenment 2. The Counter Enlightenment 3. Romanticism 4. Ranke 5. The Voice of Science 6. Culture and Kultur 7. The English "Whigs" 8. Towards a Historical Profession 9. Crisis over Method 10. From the New World 11. Annales: The French School 12. Repression and Exile 13. Post-war Moods 14. The History of the Present

O autorze

Michael Bentley