Hayden White

Herman Paul

Тип: PDF книга

Жанр: Книги по философии

Язык: на английском языке

Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited

Дата публикации: 25.04.2024

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О книге: This new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White′s thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White′s core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present. Starting with White′s medievalist research and youthful fascination for French existentialism, Paul shows how White became increasingly convinced that historical writing is a moral activity. He goes on to argue that the critical concepts that have secured White′s fame – trope, plot, discourse, figural realism – all stem from his desire to explicate the moral claims and perceptions underlying historical writing. White emerges as a passionate thinker, a restless rebel against scientism, and a defender of existentialist humanist values. This innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker.