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LEADER: 02319cam a2200361 i 4500
001 2014011435
003 DLC
005 20150224083934.0
008 140711s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014011435
020 $a9780393239249 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aD13$b.H856 2014
082 00 $a907.2$223
100 1 $aHunt, Lynn,$d1945-
245 10 $aWriting history in the global era /$cLynn Hunt.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2014]
300 $ax, 196 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"With history in ferment, leading historian Lynn Hunt rethinks why history matters and how it should be written. George Orwell wrote that 'history is written by the winners.' Even if that seems a bit too cut-and-dried, we can say that history is always written from a viewpoint but that viewpoints change, sometimes radically. The history of workers, women, and minorities challenged the once-unquestioned dominance of the tales of great leaders and military victories. Then cultural studies--including feminism and queer studies--brought fresh perspectives, but those too have run their course. With globalization emerging as a major economic, cultural, and political force, Lynn Hunt examines whether it can reinvigorate the telling of history. In tandem, she proposes a sweeping reevaluation of individuals' agency and their place in society as the keys to understanding the way people and ideas interact. Writing History in the Global Era is bound to shake up the discipline and break new ground for historical studies"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 153-181) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: History's changing fortunes -- The rise and fall of cultural theories -- The challenge of globalization -- Rethinking society and the self -- New purposes, new paradigms.
650 0 $aHistoriography$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aGlobalization.
650 0 $aHistory$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aHistoriography$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aHistoriography$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aAgent (Philosophy)
650 0 $aIntellectual life$xPhilosophy.