Practicing History: New Directions in Historical Writing After the Linguistic TurnGabrielle M. Spiegel "Gabrielle Spiegel presents an essential new collection of key articles that examine the current status of the debate over the γlinguistic turnγ, and attempt to rethink the practice of history in light of its implications. These are writings that operate within the framework of the linguistic turn, yet seek to move beyond its initial formulation and reception. The volume offers a synoptic overview of the last twenty-five years of theoretical analysis of historical writing, with a critical examination of the key concepts and positions that have been in debate. This collection delineates the emergence of a new γpractice theoryγ as a possible paradigm for future historical interpretation concerned with questions of agency, experience and the subject. Articles drawn from a mix of critical thinkers and practicing historians are drawn together along with clear and thorough editorial material. Complex ideas at the forefront of historical practice are revealed and made accessible to students, while for their teachers and other historians this new survey is an indispensable and timely read"--Provided by publisher. Á. |
Contents
Is all the world a text? From social history to the history of society two decades later | 35 |
The determinist fix some obstacles to the further development of the linguistic approach to history in the 1990s | 62 |
The concepts of culture | 76 |
Self and agency | 97 |
Agency in the discursive condition | 99 |
Individual experience and cultural order | 111 |
The constitution of society outline of the theory of structuration elements of the theory of structuration | 121 |
A theory of structure duality agency and transformation | 143 |
Experience and practice | 177 |
Outline of the theory of practice structures and the habitus | 179 |
The evidence of experience | 199 |
The practice of everyday life making do uses and tactics | 217 |
Language and the shift from signs to practices in cultural inquiry | 228 |
Toward a theory of social practices a development in culturalist theorizing | 245 |
Bibliography | 264 |
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References to this book
Sceptical History: Feminist and Postmodern Approaches in Practice Hélène Bowen Raddeker No preview available - 2007 |