Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Timothy Good - GoodreadsSecond go round on this behemoth. Not in the least interested in the 'deep structure' White 'digs up', (corpses don't scare me anymore) but I am interested in what he has to say about Ranke, Burkhardt ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Dan Allosso - GoodreadsAlthough virtually unreadable, this book is important. White says history is a verbal artifact that we use to “combine a certain amount of data, theoretical concepts for explaining these data, and a ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - John Bawden - GoodreadsVery interesting stuff. Critical analysis of the way historical narratives depend on structuring devices, the historian's view of change (ideological implication), when the narrative begins/ends, why all of this stuff matters for the discipline. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Goodreadswill possibly change the way you understand the world.
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Ryan Chamberlain - GoodreadsRead the first section, really good insight into Historiography. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Kersplebedeb - GoodreadsThis was a difficult book for me to get through - never read literary theory, and have not read much historiography, and they both give me headaches. My tactic was to drink lots of red wine as i read ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Sara - GoodreadsMetahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe is not a work for the casual reader. Hayden White's opus requires some commitment and some work. It is lengthy and there is a lot ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Avis d'utilisateur - Alex - GoodreadsStudies of the 'poetic elements' of history - writing by the master historians / philosophers of history of the 19th c. Compelling readings of Hegel, Michelet, Tocqueville, Ranke, Burkhardt, Marx ... Consulter l'avis complet
