Beschreibung:
This book introduces a new way of looking at the writing of history. Rather than as the production of knowledge or the telling of stories, it sees writing history as an ethical, existential and emotional engagement with the people from the past.
Foreword Frank Ankersmit. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: The Possibility of an Ethical Perspective 1. On Ethics 2. Emmanuel Levinas 3. An Ethics of Representation 4. Hermeneutics, Post-Structuralism and Levinas Part II: The Plausibility of an Ethical Perspective Introduction to Part II 5. Experiencing the Past? 6. History With a Face: On Microhistory 7. Leaving the Laboratory: Levinas, Ethics and Experience in Other Ways of Writing History Part III: The Consequences of an Ethical Perspective 8. Virtues of History 9. Academic History, Public History and Historical Performance Practice in Music Conclusion Conclusion