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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.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Humanities History History: theory & methods

• Full title: Hayden White
• Author: Herman Paul
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780745650142
• ISBN: 0745650147
• ID: 04366146
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 338 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 153 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. June 2011

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