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Authors: Willie Thompson
ISBN-13: 9780333963395, ISBN-10: 0333963393
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Willie Thompson

Willie Thompson is Visiting Professor, University of Northumbria at Newcastle.

Donald M. MacRaild is Head of History, University of Northumbria

Book Synopsis

Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history. This is a hotly-debated topic, and much of the literature is both polemical and inaccessible to the novice. Thompson, however, presents key ideas in a straightforward way, making these debates relevant to students' own work.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction1
1What is 'postmodernism'?6
2The status of historical evidence27
3Problems of representation41
4Representation, narrative and emplotment56
5Michel Foucault - representation and power74
6Representation and relativism, cognitive and moral91
7Representation, metanarratives and microhistories107
Conclusion123
Glossary129
Notes136
Further reading154
Index158

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