{"product_id":"hayden-white-hardback-9780745650135","title":"Hayden White (Hardback) 9780745650135","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHayden White\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHerman Paul (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745650135, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.463 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"As an introduction to the thought and work of Hayden White, it is hard to see this volume being surpassed for some considerable time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A thoughtful, comprehensive and much needed introduction to the work of White. It is not only well argued and researched, but also readable and accessible. It should be required reading not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students, but all historians who want to understand how the discipline of history changed over the twentieth century.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Network for Theory of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Paul has accessibly, lucidly and systematically analysed the development of White’s thought in such a way as to challenge the common understanding of White as a poststructuralist and postmodernist. He has, in short, produced a fine introduction.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Review of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Warmly recommended to every historian as a reliable roadmap into the highly relevant quest of this philosopher.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeidschrift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Should be applauded for bringing to bear a much-needed philosophical perspective on Hayden White’s influential and extensive oeuvre.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy of the Social Sciences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This study is unlikely to be surpassed in the near future in its scholarly attention to detail.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eH-Soz-u-Kult\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A useful, and in many ways exemplary, introduction to White’s legacy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory and Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A sharp book on an American intellectual whose work was not that of an outsider throwing rocks at a profession. This essay-review applauds Paul's endeavor.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRethinking\u003c\/b\u003e History\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The most balanced introduction to White’s philosophy of history available.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTorbjörn Gustafsson Chorell, Uppsala University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book both attests to the importance of Hayden White as a metahistorian and provides a lucid account of his life and thought. It is a well-deserved tribute to the work and the man - a reliable introduction and an invitation to join in the critical dialogue his thought encourages.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDominick LaCapra, Cornell University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this deeply researched and probing analysis of Hayden White, Herman Paul offers a strikingly novel interpretation of the goals and significance of his theories of historical writing. In contrast to virtually all previous commentators, Paul argues that the core of White's work is not principally concerned with rhetoric and narratology as such but seeks, instead, to offer a form of 'liberation historiography' that can free historians of the 'burden of history,' a concern stemming from White's lifelong embrace of existentialist humanism. Narratology, in Paul's view, achieved prominence in White's thinking because it offered a way to contest positivist history and thus unburden historians of their espousal of naïve realism and fantasies of objectivity.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGabrielle M. Spiegel, Johns Hopkins University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: How to Read Hayden White.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite's Achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite's Reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite's Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinterpreting White.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Humanist Historicism: The Italian White.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Papal Schism of 1130.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite's Covering Law Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ideology\" or \"Value Orientation\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Disenchantment of the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Historicism to Sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Croce Partisan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions In\/About History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Liberation Historiography: The Politics of History.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy History?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing a Past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrong Humanist Father Figures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Conditions of Freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of Metahistory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Philosophy of Liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The Historical Imagination: Four Modes of Realism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Inverted Disciplinary History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEscaping the Ironist's Cage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagination: Thinking and Dreaming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Manual of Tropology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuralist Linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Freedom of Imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite's Linguistic Turn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Power of Discourse: White's Structuralist Adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Modes of Comprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigurative Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFictions of Factual Representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectivism and Relativism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prison-House of Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Out of History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Masks of Meaning: Facing the Sublime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Content of the Form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStories Are Not Lived But Told.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSublime Historical Reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Specter of Fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernist Anti-Narrativism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Figuring History: The Modernist White.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernist Events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntransitive Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Turning Point?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigural Realism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Practical Past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407320805656,"sku":"9780745650135","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745650135.jpg?v=1784161513","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hayden-white-hardback-9780745650135","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}