History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline

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Examine new trends in the writing of new history—and what they mean to information science! History has been devalued, causing a lack of career prospects for historians, a decrease in vocations to the history profession, and historical discontinuity between generations. History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline is a recap of the crucial Second International Historia... Read more

Examine new trends in the writing of new history—and what they mean to information science!

History has been devalued, causing a lack of career prospects for historians, a decrease in vocations to the history profession, and historical discontinuity between generations. History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline is a recap of the crucial Second International Historia a Debate conference, held on July 17, 1999 in Santiago de Compostela. This book details the comparative critical perspectives on history, historians, their audiences, and the coming trends that will inevitably impact information science. The in-depth examination provides innovative approaches to historians as they redefine their discipline in relation to the global society of the new millennium while presenting invaluable insights for librarians, social scientists, and political scientists.

History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline examines how the writing of history in the twenty-first century is revitalized by international comparative historiography, thanks to new technologies and the multinational integration processes in economy, politics, culture, and academics. The first section discusses the Historia a Debate (HaD) Forum and Movement, detailing the need for change to restore history as a vital global subject in modern times. The remainder of the book consists of reflective and comparative views on the study of history and historiography as well as history in and about Spain and its relation to the rest of the world. The book explores new ways for moving the discipline beyond sources and source criticism alone to a different concept of the historical profession as a science with a human subject that discovers the past as people construct it. Included in this book is the English translation of the HaD Manifesto—a proposal designed to unify historians of the twenty-first century and ensure a new dawn for history, its writings, and its teachings.

History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline includes vital discussions on:

“Linguistic Turn,” Postmodernism, and Deconstruction
gender studies and social history
objectivity and subjectivity in historical interpretation
multiple views of history from differing times and places
history as criticism, literature, and reconstruction

History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline is an essential resource that teaches historians, librarians, social scientists, and humanists how to use cross-border development and new global historiographic networks to bring hope for a future in history. Read less

About the Editors
Contributors
Preface: History As a Primary Source (Lawrence J. McCrank)
PART I: THE HAD FORUM AND MOVEMENT
Chapter 1. The Return of History (Carlos Barros)
History Accelerates
The Positivist Turn
Reconstruction and Reform
Possible Diagnosis
Narrative History
Commitment in History
Reflective History
Interdisciplinary History
Global History
Assertive History
Chapter 2. History Under Debate Manifesto (HaD Signatories)
Methodology
Historiography
Theory
Society
Attestation
PART II: DEBATE AND DISCUSSION
HISTORY IN AND OF SPAIN
Chapter 3. The Linguistic Turn and Postmodernity Among Spanish Historians (Francisco Vázquez G.)
Social History As an Academic Subject (1950-1982)
A Period of Fecundity and Empiricism (1982-1990)
The Subjectivist Turn
The Linguistic Turn and Postmodernism: Mistrust and Rejection
Chapter 4. Teaching Women’s History in Spanish Universities (Cristina Segura Graiño and A. C. Almudayna)
Underrepresentation of Women in History
Women’s Studies: The Status Quo
Teaching Women’s History
Postgraduate Programs
Extracurricular Activities
Appendix: Universities Teaching Women’s History
Chapter 5. Centers and Peripheries: Writing and Teaching Medieval and Early Modern Spanish History (Teófilo F. Ruiz)
Introduction: Research Centers and Paradigms
Center and Periphery in Teaching and Writing About Spain
Teaching the Center from the Peripheries
The Paradigm of Center and Periphery
Local, Regional, and National Histories
Overturning Center-Based Histories
Conclusion
REFLECTIVE AND COMPARATIVE VIEWS
Chapter 6. The History of Historiography: Retrospective Analysis and Research (Gonzalo Pasamar Alzuria)
Situational Overview
Conceptualization
Conclusion
Chapter 7. History Facing the Perpetual Present: The Past-Future Relationships (Jérôme Baschet)
Introduction
Middle Ages in Chiapas: Actuality of the Inactual
History, a Bridge Between Past and Future
Resisting the Perpetual Present
Discordant Temporalities in History
Chapter 8. Recent Trends in U.S. Social History (Hal S. Barron)
Introduction: “New” Social History
Culture and Society
Labor History
Women’s History
Rural History
Immigration and Social Identity
Ethnic Identities and Social Minorities
Twentieth-Century Social History
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Historical Information Science: History in Information; Information in History (Lawrence J. McCrank)
Introduction
Conceptualization and Definition
Conclusion
Chapter 10. The Historian As Subject and Object (Adeline Rucquoi)
Chapter 11. Illusions About and Underestimation of the Role of Sentiment in the Historian’s Work (Hubert Watelet)
From Objectivist Illusions to Initial Disillusions
Emotion in Objectivity and Misconceptions About Ranke
The Underestimated Role of Subjectivity and Sentiment
Revival of Lucidity in France on the Eve of Postmodernism
From Marrou to Ricoeur and Return to Ranke Revisited
Conclusion
Chapter 12. “The End of History”: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead (Israel Sanmartín)
Introduction
Looking Back
Thinking Ahead
Conclusions
Chapter 13. Globalization and Historiography (Juan Manuel

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Lawrence J Mc Crank, Carlos Barros

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