|  | Paul, Herman
Hayden White
Key Contemporary Thinkers
 1. Edition June 2011
21.90 Euro
2011. 224 Pages, Softcover
ISBN 978-0-7456-5014-2 - John Wiley & Sons
Also available as Hardcover. |
| Buy now   
E-Books are also available on all known E-Book shops.
|
| Detailed description
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.
|
|
|
|
