Alun munslow is professor of history and historical theory at staffordshire university. Clear but comprehensive, this is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses on history and theory, history and method, and historiography. The journal of theory and practice and the author of several books on the nature of history. Experiments in rethinking history epub can be read on any device that can open epub files. Books book series online platforms open access books. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Authoring the past writing and rethinking history taylor. In an original and stimulating vision of history that will intrigue all those seriously interested in the subject, munslow argues that history is not only about the sources, but a literary construction.
The routledge companion to historical studies by alun. Aug 16, 2019 alun munslow is editor of the journal rethinking history. He provides an introduction to the debates and issues of postmodernist history. Collecting together the responses to this question from 15 of the worlds foremost historians and theorists, authoring the past represents a powerful reflection on and intervention in the historiographical field. Munslow sees the main problem as methodological and, while this book does not solve that problem, it makes it inescapable, and provides a rare opportunity for historians to advance their. In this radical reassessment, alun munslow challenges conventional notions of history and offers a new vision of histori. Alun munslow is professor of history and historical theory at the university of staffordshire. He was professor emeritus of history and historical theory at staffordshire university. In an original and stimulating vision of history that will intrigue all those seriously interested in the subject, munslow argues that history is not only about the. Surveying the latest research, this welcome second edition of alun munslows successful deconstructing history provides an excellent introduction to the debates and issues of postmodernist history. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. History is public or nothing alice kesslerharris 4. Instead, a history of history is largely a retread of most of munslows other work. Shop amongst our popular books, including 11, the aesthetics of history, deconstructing history and more from alun munslow.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read narrative and history. Possibly being the mindless historian who first argued professor marwick is a reconstructionist munslow deconstructing history 1997. The book discusses issues of both empiricist and deconstruction. In the future of history alan munslow tackles the big problem facing historians in the 21st century, the problem of whether history as we know it has a future and, if not, what historians should do about that.
What is offered in this book is a farreaching and fundamental rethinking of realist. Robert a rosenstone this collection of innovative and experimental pieces of historical writing shows there are fascinating and important new ways of thinking and writing about the past. Narrative and history by alun munslow, paperback barnes. Burris rated it really liked it oct 26, he suggests that the past is the time before our perpetual present and history is that range of authored narratives we substitute for it. Like all history journals at rh we are always looking ahead to future issues. Narrative and history ebook written by alun munslow. The book discusses issues of both empiricist and deconstruction positions. May 30, 2006 discover book depositorys huge selection of alun munslow books online. Rethinking history published by routledge, i would prefer to be regarded as a historian perhaps no different in this respect to all historians who rethinks the nature of history in a manner that is productive but which. The historian employs literary narrative as a professional tool to create a meaning for the past, a framework in which to tell hisher history. Discover book depositorys huge selection of alun munslow books online. Rethinking history with a new preface and conversation with the author by alun munslow london and new york. Alun munslow is the author of deconstructing history 3. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features.
All journal articles featured in rethinking history vol 19 issue 3. Alun munslow is the founding and uk editor of rethinking history. Alun munsl ow 19472019 was a britis h histori an known for his deconstructionist and postmodernist approach t o historiograp hy. Experiments in rethinking history by alun munslow overdrive. Read the future of history by alun munslow available from rakuten kobo.
Combining theory with practice, alun munslow expands the boundaries of the discipline and charts a new role for unconventional historical forms and modes of expression. He is the author of deconstructing history, the routledge companion to historical studies and most recently the new history and is the uk editor of rethinking history. Historical theory, alun munslow was appointed visiting professor in. He is the author of deconstructing history, the routledge companion to historical studies and is the uk editor of rethinking history. His argument is that prior to engaging with the past historians need to acknowledge that the pas t and hi story do not. Experiments in rethinking history isbn 9780415301459 pdf epub. Combining theory with practice, alun munslow expands the boundaries of the. The future of history ebook by alun munslow rakuten kobo. From two of the worlds leading postmodern historians, this thoroughly original collection of articles allows students and researchers to understand and learn important new ways of thinking and writing about the past. He was also visiting professor at the university of chichester. In deconstructing history, alun munslow examines history in the postmodern age. Alun munslow lucidly explains how the poetics of historical writing confers meanings on the past, rather than proclaims truths about itshowing, in other words, why it is through historys narrative mastery that the past becomes real in the readers imagination. His argument is that prior to engaging with the past historians need to acknowledge that the past and history do not.
From two of the worlds leading postmodern historians, t. Alun munslow is editor of the journal rethinking history. One can only halfjokingly suggest that the book should have been entitled something like these things i. To use alun munslow s words, all history is unavoidably situated.
It may even be untrue to say, as munslow does, that the emplotted history does not preexist in the past but has to be turned by telling into a story p. A history of history alun munslow london, routledge, 2012. Narrative and history ebook by alun munslow rakuten kobo. Alun munslow reassesses history in the light of postmodernism and other intellectual challenges which have questioned the primacy of the modernist epistemology of empiricism. A history of history 1st edition alun munslow routledge. Alun munslow is founding and uk editor of rethinking history. There are a lot of reasons, but i suppose the main, underlying one, was my longtime interest in theory at least a little bit unusual for a historian. Her most recent book is the feminist history reader routledge, 2006.
The postmodernist phase of historical theory has all but drawn to a close. Narrative and history alun munslow macmillan international. Munslow raises and attempts to answer some important questions regarding history. Edited by alun munslow and presented in concise digestible essays, the collection covers a broad range of. He is visiting professor of history and historical theory at the university of. History, nonfiction, education, language arts submitted by. Alun munslow please explain why you think about and write history as you do. He was professor emeritus of hist ory and histor ical theory at staffordshire university. The routledge companion to historical studies provides a muchneeded critical introduction to the major historians and philosophers together with the central issues, ideas and theories which have prompted the rethinking of history that has gathered pace since the 1990s. Experiments in rethinking history isbn 9780415301459 pdf. I was greatly saddened to hear that alun munslow had passed away. Explore books by alun munslow with our selection at. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nonetheless, there are still pockets of resistance and for some strange reason britain has been one of the strongholds.
As you can imagine, from my subjective perspective as coeditor of the routledge history journal rethinking history. Buy the future of history 2010 by munslow, alun isbn. He also surveys the latest research into the relationship between the past, history and historical practice as well as forwarding his own challenging theories. Alun munslow 19472019 was a british historian known for his deconstructionist and postmodernist approach to historiography. A history of history alun munslow in a provocative analysis of european and american historical thinking and practice since the early 18th century, a history of history confronts several basic assumptions about the nature of history. He was the uk founding coeditor of the journal rethinking history. Due to covid19, physical book delivery is currently not possible to china, djibouti. Can i begin by asking you a rather obvious question.
Download book the aesthetics of history by author alun munslow in pdf epub. Experiments in rethinking history 1st edition alun. But finding an answer to the question what is history. His recent publications include narrative and history 2007 and the future of history 2010. Books advanced search todays deals new releases amazon charts. Edited by alun munslow and presented in concise digestible essays, the collection covers a broad range of contemporary interests and ideas and offers a rich set of reasoned alternative thoughts on our cultural engagement with times gone by. Original title isbn 978734058 published on in edition language.
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