Herman Paul (The Netherlands Leiden University)

Key Issues in Historical Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Key Issues in Historical Theory is a fresh, clear and well-grounded introduction to a vibrant field of inquiry. With examples from novels, music, journalism and politics, the book expertly engages the reader in discussions of what history is, how people relate to the past and how they are formed by the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781032974637
• ISBN-10: 103297463X
• Artikelnr.: 75125247

Autorenporträt

Herman Paul is Professor of the History of the Humanities at Leiden University, the Netherlands, and an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He is the author of multiple books including Hayden White: The Historical Imagination (2011) and Historians' Virtues: From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is historical theory? (I) 2. What is historical theory? (II) 3.
Relations with the past 4. The relational subject: shaping and being shaped
5. The aesthetic relation: historical narratives 6. The political relation:
making history 7. The epistemic relation (I): historical reasoning 8. The
epistemic relation (II): historical explanations 9. The epistemic relation
(III): truth and plausibility 10. The moral relation: lessons from the past
11. Relations management: historians' professional ethics