In this work of sweeping erudition, one of our foremost historians
of early Christianity considers a variety of theoretical critiques
to examine the problems and opportunities posed by the ways in
which history is written. Elizabeth Clark argues forcefully for a
renewal of the study of premodern Western history through
engagement with the kinds of critical methods that have transformed
other humanities disciplines in recent decades.
"History, Theory, Text" provides a user-friendly survey of
crucial developments in nineteenth- and twentieth-century debates
surrounding history, philosophy, and critical theory. Beginning
with the "noble dream" of "history as it really was" in the works
of Leopold von Ranke, Clark goes on to review Anglo-American
philosophies of history, schools of twentieth-century
historiography, structuralism, the debate over narrative history,
the changing fate of the history of ideas, and the impact of
interpretive anthropology and literary theory on current historical
scholarship. In a concluding chapter she offers some practical case
studies to illustrate how attending to theoretical considerations
can illuminate the study of premodernity.
Written with energy and clarity, "History, Theory, Text" is a
clarion call to historians for richer and more imaginative use of
contemporary theory.
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