- Summary
- "How to write about the Holocaust is a contribution to ongoing debates in historiography and Holocaust studies. More specifically, it combines the theoretical framework that has developed in historiography in the last half a century with the demands of Holocaust representation. By analyzing major works about it, including Saul Friedländer's and Dan Stone's histories of the Holocaust, the book attempts to answer questions like: what is the most appropriate way to write about the Holocaust and what can theory teach us about the practice of history? To conclude, the volume explores the connection between history and literature and asks if the distinction between fact and fiction has become outdated"-- Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Postmodern theory of history in praxis
- Series
- Routledge approaches to history
Routledge approaches to history.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Pelekanidis, Theodor, author.
- Published
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
©2022
- Contents
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Introduction
1. Hayden White and theory of history
2. The legacy of Metahistory: epistemological radicalism and political anxieties for the future of historiography
3. Postmodernism and afterward: theory and politics
4. Hayden White and the Holocaust as a modernist event
5. The uniqueness-comparability argument: a postmodern approach
6. Beyond historiography: the 21st-century historical novel
Conclusion.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Hayden White and theory of history -- 2. The legacy of Metahistory: epistemological radicalism and political anxieties for the future of historiography -- 3. Postmodernism and afterward: theory and politics -- 4. Hayden White and the Holocaust as a modernist event -- 5. The uniqueness-comparability argument: a postmodern approach -- 6. Beyond historiography: the 21st-century historical novel -- Conclusion.
