Historical Theory

by Mary Fulbrook

Book Overview

Practising historians claim that their accounts of the past are something other than fiction, myth or propaganda. Yet there are significant challenges to this view, most notably from postmodernism. In Historical Theory, a prominent historian develops a highly original argument that evaluates the diversity of approaches to history and points to a constructive way forward.

Mary Fulbrook argues that all historians face key theoretical questions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415179874
• ISBN13: 9780415179874
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 7.9"