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Tables of Contents for History
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Acknowledgements
xii
Introduction: history, philosophy, and historiography
1
11
Introduction
1
2
Theory and the crisis of postmodernism
3
4
Postmodernism and historical study
7
2
Agenda
9
3
What was history? The past as it was
12
16
Introduction
12
2
History and poetry
14
4
History and science
18
7
Conclusion: the past as it was
25
3
Why history? Past answers
28
30
Introduction
28
1
Interest and entertainment
28
1
Moral teaching
29
11
Religious teaching
40
8
Politics and ideology
48
6
Conclusion: chance, change, and empowerment
54
4
External challenges to the old model: some interdisciplinary perspectives
58
28
Introduction
58
1
Psychology: problems of perception
59
11
Linguistics: problems of language
70
6
Philosophy: the problem of scepticism
76
9
Conclusion
85
1
Internal challenges to the old model: some major forces
86
22
Introduction
86
2
Marxism
88
6
Feminism
94
6
Post-colonialism
100
6
Conclusion
106
2
What and why? The future of history
108
30
The postmodern predicament
108
14
History as hypothesis
122
9
The point as `empowerment': affecting and effecting the future
131
7
Notes
138
16
Bibliography
154
8
Index
162