Why History?: Ethics and PostmodernityWhy History is an introduction to the issue of history and ethics. Designed to provoke discussion, the book asks whether a good knowledge and understanding of the past is a good thing to have and if so, why. In the context of postmodern times, Why History suggests that the goal of 'learning lessons from the past' is actually learning lessons from stories written by historians and others. If the past as history has no foundation, can anything ethical be gained from history? |
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Contents
PARTI | 35 |
On Jean Baudrillard | 56 |
On JeanFrançois Lyotard | 71 |
PART II | 91 |
On Hayden White | 115 |
On Frank Ankersmit | 133 |
Beyond histories and ethics | 161 |
On David Harlan | 184 |
Promisings | 201 |
Further reading | 223 |
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| Title | Why History?: Ethics and Postmodernity Why History?: Ethics and Postmodernity, Keith Jenkins |
| Author | Keith Jenkins |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0415164168, 9780415164160 |
| Length | 232 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Historiography |
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