TY - SER
AU - Beverley C. Southgate
CY - London, England
ET - 2
LA - English
N1 - Contents:
Introduction : history, philosophy, and historiography -- Theory and the challenge of postmodernism -- Postmodernism and historical study -- Agenda -- What was history, the past as it was -- History and poetry -- History and science -- Conclusion: the past as it was -- Why history, past answers -- Interest and entertainment -- Moral teaching -- Religious teaching -- Politics and ideology -- Conclusion: chance, change, and empowerment -- External challenges to the old model : some interdisciplinary perspectives -- Psychology: problems of perception -- Linguistics: problems of language -- Philosophy: the problem of scepticism -- Internal challenges to the old model : some major forces -- Marxism -- Feminism -- Post-colonialism -- What and why, the future of history -- The postmodern predicament -- History as hypothesis -- The point as empowerment: affecting and effecting the future -- Postscript -- Pomophobia: the fear of postmodernism -- Holocaust-denial -- The future of the past.
PB - Routledge
PP - London, England
PY - 2001
SN - 9780415256575
EP - 200 pp.
TI - History: What and Why?: Ancient, Modern, and Postmodern Perspectives
ER -