Continuity And Anachronism

Author : P.B.M. Blaas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789400997127

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Continuity and Anachronism by P.B.M. Blaas Pdf

Several ofthe themes of this study have been treated in earlier publica tions, some by means of a general analysis and some through a detailed handling of problems raised by a particular theme or historian. Both the more general theoretical treatment of the theme and the concrete historiographical treatment are, I think, indispensable aids to the proper understanding of the development of historical scholarship in nineteenth-and twentieth-century England. There are a number of problems in a concrete historiographical approach: there is first the mass of historians to be faced, and then the immense amount of historical themes dealt with in various periods. As a guideline through the tangle of themes we chose the historiography on the development of the English parliament. We can only hope that we have made a responsible choice of the historians concerned. Un fortunately it was not always possible for us to give extensive biogra phies of some of the more recent historians, as several 'papers' are still firmly in the possession of families, and a number of them mus- despite of years - still be labelled 'confidential.' The Pollard Papers in the London Institute of Historical Research thus remained inaccessible. Fortunately the lack was partly compen sated by some important material being found apart from these Papers.

Author : Anne Orford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108480949

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International Law and the Politics of History by Anne Orford Pdf

Explores the ideological, political, and economic stakes of struggles over international law's history and its relation to empire and capitalism.

Author : Robert Adcock,Mark Bevir,Shannon C. Stimson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400827763

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Modern Political Science by Robert Adcock,Mark Bevir,Shannon C. Stimson Pdf

Since emerging in the late nineteenth century, political science has undergone a radical shift--from constructing grand narratives of national political development to producing empirical studies of individual political phenomena. What caused this change? Modern Political Science--the first authoritative history of Anglophone political science--argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. On the contrary, the book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the wider history in which it has developed. Focusing on the United States and the United Kingdom, and the exchanges between them, Modern Political Science contains contributions from leading political scientists, political theorists, and intellectual historians from both sides of the Atlantic. Together they provide a compelling account of the development of political science, its relation to other disciplines, the problems it currently faces, and possible solutions to these problems. Building on a growing interest in the history of political science, Modern Political Science is necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand how political science got to be what it is today--or what it might look like tomorrow.

Author : Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000643138

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Nation and the Writing of History in China and Britain, 1880–1930 by Asier Hernández Aguirresarobe Pdf

Nation and the Writing of History in China and Britain explores, through a comparative approach, the reception of the nationalist worldview and its effects on the practice of history in China and Britain. This book proposes that nationalism, rather than a political doctrine, is a way of making sense of the world which results from the combination of a set of definite assumptions. The work analyzes how each one of these premises was accepted and negotiated by literati, intellectuals, historians, and other scholars in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The results of this research showcase how the reception of the new nationalist worldview crucially affected images of the past, the present, and the future in both societies and decisively framed cultural, social, and political debate. In addition, they likewise evidence the fundamental role that historical narratives play in the crystallization of national identities. This book is perfect for readers interested in China and Britain during this time period, but also to anyone attracted to new ways of conceiving nationalism and its role in our world.

Author : S. Groenveld,Michael J. Wintle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X006080070

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Under the Sign of Liberalism by S. Groenveld,Michael J. Wintle Pdf

Author : Martin Loughlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198260156

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Legality and Locality by Martin Loughlin Pdf

This book seeks to trace the main dimensions of recent conflicts between central departments of governments and local authorities and to reveal something of their significance. It does so by focusing on the role of law in shaping the central-local government relations which is neglected in many contemporary studies and yet is of vital importance in identifying the character of that relationship. Precisely why they should be so is not self-evident. The main objective of this introduction therefore is to highlight the importance of this dimension to the study of central-local relations and then to explain the way in which the key themes of the study are to be addressed. One highly significant aspect of the study is the identification of a process of juridfication which is only gradually becoming clear. This has not only been a major undertaking, it has also been a highly complex, ambiguous, confusing, and frustrating activity. This has caused problems for government and for the judiciary and not surprisingly there have been expressions of discomfort on all sides. This book helps to explain where the process may have gone wrong and why ultimately it may be an objective which cannot be realised. Ultimately what the book seeks to demonstrate is that the issues raised by the government of central-local relations transcend the institution of local government and are directly linked to our system of parliamentary democracy. Furthermore the author argues that the system of central-local government relations has evolved in such a way that it reveals a great deal about our tradition of public law. An examination of these issues through an explication of the themes of legality and locality therefore requires the reader to address basic questions about the nature of contemporary British government.

Author : Niccol- Guicciardini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108834964

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Anachronisms in the History of Mathematics by Niccol- Guicciardini Pdf

Discover essays by leading scholars on the history of mathematics from ancient to modern times in European and non-European cultures.

Author : David Lowenthal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0521294800

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The Past is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal Pdf

Lowentahal looks at the benefits and burdens of the past, how we study the past, and how we change it.

Author : Donald Bloxham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192602343

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Why History? by Donald Bloxham Pdf

What is the point of history? Why has the study of the past been so important for so long? Why History? A History contemplates two and a half thousand years of historianship to establish how very different thinkers in diverse contexts have conceived their activities, and to illustrate the purposes that their historical investigations have served. Whether considering Herodotus, medieval religious exegesis, or twentieth-century cultural history, at the core of this work is the way that the present has been conceived to relate to the past. Alongside many changes in technique and philosophy, Donald Bloxham's book reveals striking long-term continuities in justifications for the discipline.

Author : Satoru Hashimoto
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231558952

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Afterlives of Letters by Satoru Hashimoto Pdf

When East Asia opened itself to the world in the nineteenth century, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean intellectuals had shared notions of literature because of the centuries-long cultural exchanges in the region. As modernization profoundly destabilized cultural norms, they ventured to create new literature for the new era. Satoru Hashimoto offers a novel way of understanding the origins of modern literature in a transregional context, drawing on Chinese-, Japanese-, and Korean-language texts in both classical and vernacular forms. He argues that modern literature came into being in East Asia through writerly attempts at reconstructing the present’s historical relationship to the past across the cultural transformations caused by modernization. Hashimoto examines writers’ anachronistic engagement with past cultures deemed obsolete or antithetical to new systems of values, showing that this transnational process was integral to the emergence of modern literature. A groundbreaking cross-cultural excavation of the origins of modern literature in East Asia featuring remarkable linguistic scope, Afterlives of Letters bridges Asian studies and comparative literature and delivers a remapping of world literature.

Author : Victor Feske
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807861387

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From Belloc to Churchill by Victor Feske Pdf

Linking historiography and political history, Victor Feske addresses the changing role of national histories written in early twentieth-century Britain by amateur scholars Hilaire Belloc, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, J. L. and Barbara Hammond, G. M. Trevelyan, and Winston Churchill. These writers recast the nineteenth-century interpretation of British history at a time when both the nature of historical writing and the fortunes of Liberalism had begun to change. Before 1900, amateur historians writing for a wide public readership portrayed British history as a grand story of progress achieved through constitutional development. This 'Whig' interpretation had become the cornerstone of Liberal party politics. But the decline of Liberalism as a political force after the turn of the century, coupled with the rise of professional history written by academics and based on archival research, inspired change among a new generation of Liberal historians. The result was a refashioned Whig historiography, stripped of overt connections to contemporary political Liberalism, that attempted to preserve the general outlines of the traditional Whiggist narrative within the context of a broad history of consensus. This new formulation, says Feske, was more suited to the intellectual and political climate of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1996. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Eren Yıldırım Yetkin
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783847418498

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Violence and Genocide in Kurdish Memory by Eren Yıldırım Yetkin Pdf

Kurdische Erinnerungen an den Genozid an den Armeniern stellen die systematische Leugnung durch die türkischen Staatsstrukturen in Frage und eröffnen neue Möglichkeiten der Vergangenheitsbewältigung. Dieses Buch untersucht kurdische Biografien, insbesondere aus Van in der Türkei, und erforscht die Dynamik der miteinander verflochtenen Erinnerungsregime in Bezug auf die politische Gewalt an Armeniern und syrischen Christ*innen der osmanischen kaiserlichen Untertanen und an kurdischen Bürger*innen der Türkei. Diese Lebensgeschichten beleuchten die Komplexität des Erinnerns, einschließlich kollektiver und individueller Erinnerungsvorstellungen über Gewalt, Täterschaft und Opferrolle in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.

Author : Tim Rood,Carol Atack,Tom Phillips
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350115217

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Anachronism and Antiquity by Tim Rood,Carol Atack,Tom Phillips Pdf

This book is a study both of anachronism in antiquity and of anachronism as a vehicle for understanding antiquity. It explores the post-classical origins and changing meanings of the term 'anachronism' as well as the presence of anachronism in all its forms in classical literature, criticism and material objects. Contrary to the position taken by many modern philosophers of history, this book argues that classical antiquity had a rich and varied understanding of historical difference, which is reflected in sophisticated notions of anachronism. This central hypothesis is tested by an examination of attitudes to temporal errors in ancient literary texts and chronological writings and by analysing notions of anachronistic survival and multitemporality. Rather than seeing a sense of anachronism as something that separates modernity from antiquity, the book suggests that in both ancient writings and their modern receptions chronological rupture can be used as a way of creating a dialogue between past and present. With a selection of case-studies and theoretical discussions presented in a manner suitable for scholars and students both of classical antiquity and of modern history, anthropology, and visual culture, the book's ambition is to offer a new conceptual map of antiquity through the notion of anachronism.

Author : Stephanie Russo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003814344

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The Anachronistic Turn by Stephanie Russo Pdf

The Anachronistic Turn: Historical Fiction, Drama, Film and Television is the first study to investigate the ways in which the creative use of anachronism in historical fictions can allow us to rethink the relationship between past and present. Through an examination of literary, cinematic, and popular texts and practices, this book investigates how twenty-first century historical fictions use creative anachronisms as a way of understanding modern issues and anxieties. Drawing together a wide range of texts across all forms of historical fiction - novels, dramas, musicals, films and television - this book re-frames anachronism not as an error, but as a deliberate strategy that emphasises the fictionalising tendencies of all forms of historical writing. The book achieves this by exploring three core themes: the developing trends in the twenty-first century for creators of historical fiction to include deliberate anachronisms, such as contemporary references, music, and language; the ways in which the deliberate use of anachronism in historical fiction can allow us to rethink the relationship between past and present, and; the way that contemporary historical fiction uses anachronism to better understand modern issues and anxieties. This book will appeal to students and scholars of historical fiction, contemporary historical film and television studies, and historical theatre studies.

Author : Andrea Vestrucci
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161569753

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Theology as Freedom by Andrea Vestrucci Pdf

Back cover: Andrea Vestrucci presents a pioneering analysis of Martin Luther's "De servo arbitrio", one of the most challenging works of Christian theology. From the hidden God to predestination, from justification to ontology, from logic to aesthetics the author explores a paradigm-shifting perspective on theological language.