Plural Pasts by Arthur Assis
What is history about? This Element shows that answers centred on the keyword 'past events' are incomplete, even if they are not simply wrong. Interweaving theoretical and historical perspectives, it provides an abstract overview of the thematic plurality that characterizes contemporary academic historiography. The reflection on different sorts of pasts that can be at focus in historical research and writing encompasses events as well as non-events, especially recursive social structures and cultural webs. Some consequences of such plurality for discussions concerning historical methodology, explanation, exemplification, and representation are also outlined. The basic message, reinforced throughout, is that the great relevance of non-event-centred approaches should prompt us to talk more about histories in the plural and less about history in the singular.-
The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age
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Censorship of History
- Trash to Treasure
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Knowledge and Narrative
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The History of Contingency and Future-Oriented Thought
- History and Artificial Intelligence
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Histories of Madness (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice)
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History of the Humanities
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Absence in the Archives
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Theories, Models, and Metaphors in the Historiography of Christian Origins
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Using Generative AI in Historical Practice
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Thinking Traumatic Histories
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Myths, History Wars, and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada and Other Settler States
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Reparations and Redress for Historical Injustice
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Things of the Past
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Gender, Theory, and History
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Historians' Autobiographies as Historiographical Inquiry
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Historiographic Reasoning
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Dealing with Dark Pasts
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Contested Public Monuments
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Pragmatism and Historical Representation
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Conceptualizing the History of the Present Time
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The History of Knowledge
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Race, Genetics, History
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Testimony and Historical Knowledge
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History and Hermeneutics
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A Human Rights View of the Past
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009462525 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009462520 |
| Title | Plural Pasts |
| Author | Arthur Assis |
| Series | Elements In Historical Theory And Practice |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2023-12-14 |
| Number of pages | 75 |
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