History in our day is still a story, and yet one from which we
expect to tell the truth - not just the facts, the names and events
of the past, but the invisible order and forces behind them. How
can the language of history balance these seemingly contrary tasks
- the narrative, the scientific, and the political? This is the
question Jacques Ranciere explores in "The names of history", a
meditation on the poetics of historical knowledge. In the works of
writers from Jules Michelet to Fernand Braudel, Ranciere traces an
ongoing revolution in historical study, a movement that challenged,
in the practice of language, the opposition of science and
literature. By way of a commentary on Erich Auerbach, he shows how
fictional narrative intertwines with historical narrative to
produce a "truth" that retains mythical elements. The poetics of
knowledge Ranciere develops here is an attempt to identify the
literary procedures by which historical discourse escapes
literature and gives itself the status of a science. His book is
also an appreciation of Braudel, whose work in the Annales school
greatly advanced this project. Ranciere follows and extends
Braudel's discursive production of new agencies of history, which
accounts for both the material conditions in which history takes
place and the language in which it is written.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 1994 |
First published: |
September 1994 |
Authors: |
Jacques Rancière
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
144 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-2403-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8166-2403-8 |
Barcode: |
9780816624034 |
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