Composing Useful Pasts: History as Contemporary PoliticsEdmund E. Jacobitti SUNY Press, 2000 M09 7 - 176 páginas Composing Useful Pasts discusses how history is not a settled record of the dead past, but a poetic or imaginative creation stimulated by and focused on contemporary interests. Historical investigation is always and necessarily a selective reading of events. It is an interpretation that arises only because of some pressing question in the present--a question that can only be answered in terms that address the interests, concerns, and problems of contemporary readers. This book employs a postmodern philosophy of the human sciences to show the power of historical explanation in contemporary political life. It explores issues as diverse as the interpretation of the French Revolution, the influence of Greek heritage on Western culture, and the ongoing debate about America's founding principles. |
Contenido
Imaginative Etymology As a Type of Evidence and a Trope of Argument | 53 |
Poetic History Historical Experience Nietzchean Genealogy and Susan Daitchs LC | 79 |
Gigantic Shadows of Futurity History and Politics in Shelleys Defence of Poetry | 103 |
Painting out the Past JacquesLouis Davids Attempt to Begin History Again | 121 |
The Power of Kulturgeschichte 100 Years in the House that Jacob Built The Italian Renaissance | 137 |
Contributors | 165 |
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Composing Useful Pasts: History as Contemporary Politics Edmund E. Jacobitti Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Composing Useful Pasts: History as Contemporary Politics Edmund E. Jacobitti Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
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