Since the appearance of Hayden White's seminal work Metahistory in
1973, constructivist thought has been a key force within theory of
history and has at times even provided inspiration for historians
more generally. Despite the radical theoretical shift marked by
constructivism and elaborated in detail by its proponents,
confusion regarding many of its practical and ethical consequences
persists, however, and its position on truth and meaning is
routinely misconstrued. To remedy this situation, The Work of
History seeks to mediate between constructivist theory and history
practitioners' intuitions about the nature of their work,
especially as these relate to the so-called fact-fiction debate and
to the literary challenges involved in the production of historical
accounts. In doing so, the book also offers much-needed insight
into debates about our experiential relations with the past, the
political use of history and the role of facts in the contestation
of power.
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