1st Edition

History in the Discursive Condition Reconsidering the Tools of Thought

By Elizabeth Ermarth Copyright 2011
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

In this bold new book, Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth traces the broadly established challenges to modernity that now confront historians and citizens of Western societies generally. She puts forward a clear definition of both The Modern Condition and  of The Discursive Condition that challenges it, and  she briefly introduces  the most important practical implications of those challenges... Read more
Contents: The Discursive Challenge  Preface: Get Over It  1 The Modern Condition  2 The Discursive Condition  Practical Implications: Some Basics  3 Individuality and Agency in the Discursive Condition  4. Discursive Time: Phase, Phrase, Rhythm  5. Method and the Tools of Thought  6. Action and Art

Biography

Elizabeth Ermarth