2nd Edition

Deconstructing History

By Alun Munslow Copyright 2006
256 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Surveying the latest research, this welcome second edition of Alun Munslow’s successful Deconstructing History provides an excellent introduction to the debates and issues of postmodernist history. This new edition has been updated and revised and, along with the original discussion material and topics, now: assesses the claims of history as a form of ‘truthful’ explanation discusses... Read more
1. Introduction  2. The Past in a Changing Present  3. History as Reconstruction/Construction  4. History as Deconstruction  5. What is Wrong with Deconstructionist History?  6. What is Wrong with Reconstructionist/Constructionist History?  7. Michel Foucault and History  8. Hayden White and Deconstructionist History  9. Conclusion

Biography

Alun Munslow is principal lecturer in History, University of Staffordshire and editor of Rethinking History .