During the last fifty years, the writing of history underwent two
massive transformations. First, powered by Marxism and other
materialist sociologies, the great social history wave instated the
value of social explanation. Then, responding to new theoretical
debates, the cultural turn upset many of those freshly earned
certainties. Each challenge was profoundly informed by politics -
from issues of class, gender, and race to those of identity,
empire, and the postcolonial. The resulting controversies brought
historians radically changed possibilities - expanding subject
matters, unfamiliar approaches, greater openness to theory and
other disciplines, a new place in the public culture. History Made
Conscious offers snapshots of a discipline continuously rethinking
its charge. How might we understand "the social" and "the cultural"
together? How do we collaborate most fruitfully across disciplines?
If we take theory seriously, how does that change what historians
do? How should we think differently about politics?
General
Imprint: |
Verso Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Geoff Eley
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-83976-813-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-83976-813-4 |
Barcode: |
9781839768132 |
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