The importance of history has been powerfully reaffirmed in
recent years by the appearance of major new authors, pathbreaking
works, and fresh interpretations of historical events, trends, and
methods. Responding to these developments, Roger Chartier engages
several of the most influential writers of cultural history whose
works have spread far beyond academic audiences to become part of
contemporary cultural argument. Challenging the assertion that
history is no more than a "fiction-making operation" Chartier
examines the relationships between history and fiction and proposes
new foundations for establishing history as a specific kind of
knowledge.
Michel de Certeau's description of Michel Foucault's writings as
"on the edge of the cliff," provides Chartier with an image he
finds appropriate not only for Foucault but for many other recent
historians--including de Certeau. Exploring the relationships
between discursive practices and nondiscursive practices, Chartier
examines the "heterology" of de Certeau pursues the "chimera of
origin" and the causes of the French Revolution in Foucault's work;
and raises four pertinent questions for the metahistory of Hayden
White. He follows the work of Louis Marin into the distinctions
between interpreting a painting and interpreting a text. And a trio
of essays treats the historical sociology of Norbert Elias and his
work on power and civility. Throughout, Chartier keeps his focus on
historians who have stressed the relations between the products of
discourse and social practices.
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