The Past and Its Presenters by John Warren

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The Past and Its Presenters by John Warren

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A discussion of whether historical writing can justly claim to recapture the truth about the past, or whether historians are the prisoners of their own time and language. The author offers a framework for evaluating the writing of historians, from Herodotus to the postmodernists of today.

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The Past and Its Presenters by John Warren

A discussion of the acerbic debate on whether historical writing can justly claim to recapture the truth about the past, or whether historians, whatever their claims, are the prisoners of their own time and the slaves of the language they can never fully control. The author offers a framework for evaluating the writing of historians, from the origins of historiography in the time of Herodotus to the postmodernists of today. The final chapter features interviews with two modern practitioners of history as they think out loud on what it means to be a historian today.

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ISBN 13 9780340679340
ISBN 10 0340679344
Titel The Past and Its Presenters
Autor John Warren
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Erscheinungsjahr 1998-12-07
Seitenanzahl 288
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