The author compares Hayden White’s Metahlstory--Historical Imagination in Nineteenth--Century Europe to arts of magic and shows how Hayden White,using such tricks as "conjuring up a goose out of the air", &...The author compares Hayden White’s Metahlstory--Historical Imagination in Nineteenth--Century Europe to arts of magic and shows how Hayden White,using such tricks as "conjuring up a goose out of the air", "calling a spade a spoon",and sophistic reasoning, created an illusion about what he calls"deep structural contents"of historical narration. The author argues that, in the fields of humanities, a lack of training in rigorous thinking and the tendency to dissociate theory from praxis have made it possible for arts of magic such as White’s to win audience.展开更多
“历史叙述”是历史哲学重要理论之一。1979年,劳伦斯·斯通发表了里程碑式的《叙事的复兴:对于一种新的旧史学的反思》(The Revival of Narrative:Reflections on a New Old History)一文,标志着西方叙述史的复兴。此后,海登·...“历史叙述”是历史哲学重要理论之一。1979年,劳伦斯·斯通发表了里程碑式的《叙事的复兴:对于一种新的旧史学的反思》(The Revival of Narrative:Reflections on a New Old History)一文,标志着西方叙述史的复兴。此后,海登·怀特(Hyden White)提出的“叙述主义”极大地拓展了历史哲学的视野。经过几十年的研究和讨论,人们已经基本赞同叙述在历史学中的重要地位,并将叙述性解释作为历史解释的重要形式之一。展开更多
文摘The author compares Hayden White’s Metahlstory--Historical Imagination in Nineteenth--Century Europe to arts of magic and shows how Hayden White,using such tricks as "conjuring up a goose out of the air", "calling a spade a spoon",and sophistic reasoning, created an illusion about what he calls"deep structural contents"of historical narration. The author argues that, in the fields of humanities, a lack of training in rigorous thinking and the tendency to dissociate theory from praxis have made it possible for arts of magic such as White’s to win audience.
文摘“历史叙述”是历史哲学重要理论之一。1979年,劳伦斯·斯通发表了里程碑式的《叙事的复兴:对于一种新的旧史学的反思》(The Revival of Narrative:Reflections on a New Old History)一文,标志着西方叙述史的复兴。此后,海登·怀特(Hyden White)提出的“叙述主义”极大地拓展了历史哲学的视野。经过几十年的研究和讨论,人们已经基本赞同叙述在历史学中的重要地位,并将叙述性解释作为历史解释的重要形式之一。
