The Postmodern History Reader

<strong>The Postmodern History Reader</strong> draws together in one collection some of themost interesting and influential writingboth for and againstonpostmod... » 

The Postmodern History Reader draws together in one collection some of themost interesting and influential writingboth for and againstonpostmodernism and historiography.Drawing on books and articles from across the whole historiographical rangethe impact of postmodernism on historical studies is described and exemplifiedin challenging and thoughtprovoking ways. The first sections include seminalarticles on the formulation of the postmodern position across disciplines butwith particular reference to history. The book goes on to follow specificdebates within the key journals which demonstrate how the whole fielddeveloped. The final section is on readings of the Holocaust.Selected material encompasses a range of areas including intellectual andsocial history the holocaust debate history of ideas and social and politicaltheory. Each section starts with an introduction to the carefully defineddebate. Included are selections from Roland Barthes Jean BaudrillardTonyBennett Robert Berkhofer Robert Braun Iain Chambers Diane Elam GeoffEley Geoffrey Elton Elizabeth Ermarth Michel Foucault Elizabeth FoxGenovese Susan Stanford Freidman Saul Friedlander Gertrude Himmelfarb LynnHunt Margaret Jacob Patrick Joyce Wulf Kansteiner Hans Kellner CatrioneKelly Neville Kirk Berel Lang Christopher Lloyd JeanFrancois LyotardKeith Nield Christopher Norris Bryan Palmer Gabrielle Spiegel LawrenceStone Hayden White Robert Young. «