On the Future of History: The Postmodernist Challenge and Its Aftermath

by Ernst Breisach

Book Overview

What does postmodernism mean for the future of history? Can one still write history in postmodernity? To answer questions such as these, Ernst Breisach provides the first comprehensive overview of postmodernism and its complex relationship to history and historiography. Placing postmodern theories in their intellectual and historical contexts, he shows how they are part of broad developments in Western culture.

Breisach sees postmodernism as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226072800
• ISBN13: 9780226072807
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.2"