About this title: This book, by three major American historians, grapples with the problem of historical truth. Seeking the roots of contemporary historical study in the Enlightenment, the authors argue that a model of historical research, based on neutrality and objectivity, served historians well until World War II. Then postmodernism suggested history could not ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 1995-04-17
ISBN-13:9780393312867ISBN:0393312860
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780393036152ISBN:0393036154
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 1995-04-17
ISBN-13:9780393312867ISBN:0393312860
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 1995-04-17
ISBN-13:9780393312867ISBN:0393312860
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780393312867ISBN:0393312860
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780393036152ISBN:0393036154
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Edition: 2nd printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780393036152ISBN:0393036154
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"This is a *popular* historiography of history (i.e., don't expect many footnotes or sources). It reviews the history of historical consciousness since the Enlightenment--its initial emergence as a mimicry of Christian-medieval truth-seeking (as applied to the secular: i.e., power of God is transferred to Nature), the subsequent period of "heroic science" (the rational, "objective", scientific model of history), to the reformers and the birth of social history and the postmodern turn in the 20th century.
Appleby, Hunt and Jacob, outside of giving us an overview of historiography, also attempt here to show how a pragmatic middle ground between a "scientific objectivity" and completely fragmented postmodernism might look as method of doing history. Their thesis: neither extreme works, but both points of views bring valuable contributions to the study of history--and they can and should be used to complement each other. We cannot lose sight of "objectivity" (they don't mean Enlightenment objectivity, they mean the idea that *something* real exists out there, regardless of our interpretations or our problematicizing of our interpretations)--for if we did, we'd lose the "object" of history. But we have to always remember we are essentially subjective (even though our aims in doing history might be).
Appleby, Hunt and Jacob explain they have written this book because it's about time historians explain (to the rest of world) what they do.. As democracy's foundation is the educational enterprise, and as history is integrative of national memory and character, I was struck by this sentiment and theme as a thread through the work.
As an overview of themes for those interested in the historiography of history, this is definitely the book you want to read. For those with some background in historiography, this work is probably not rigorous enough (no sources, only a few pages per major thinker, i.e., if your life is Foucault or Derrida or any of the other people they discuss, you will probably find their discussion on your particular specialty to be lacking)."
"Kind of interesting, but when the authors get the point of talking about post-modernism and especially Derrida I had to put aside most of their thoughts and opinions as ill informed and not much more than a popular and superficial reading of his work. The fact that all the information they site on Derrida, Nietzsche (ok, there is one super inflammatory quote they pull from Freddy)and Heideggar come from second hand sources or the opinions of some mysterious persons who have explained this too them makes their critique of the post-modern project kind of weak, and since this was the only part of the book I actually had a good grounding in it makes me wonder about the other parts of the book and the validity of what they are saying. I would expect Historians to goto the original sources of the material they are discussing and not rely solely on others interpretations of the material. But the book does make some interesting observations on the way epistemology has been viewed by history, and even if I don't philosophically agree with the pragmatic turn they make at the end the book did open up some nice avenues of thought. Plus it's so damn cute when social scientists and people like historians really try to defend their discipline as being scientifically objective (that's not quite fair, they do move away from this towards their final conclusion, but the structure of residual positivism is still left)."
"I have read a bit by Lynn Hunt before, and part way through this book I realize I am struck again by how brave these authors are. So much ink has been emptied trying to explain truth in a number of contexts. This book tackles this subject in a clear way. Lastly, I find myself laughing out loud while I read this book, which is sort of strange because what's so funny about historicism anyway?"
"A worthy effort but an unnecessarily lofty title. Unlike the title suggests, this book is not the singular end all be all on history, historical memory, etc. A good read for anyone seriously interested in historiography; all others, find another read."
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