Disturbing Historical Ignorance: Narrative, Doxa, Paradox

The absence of the past is often disconcerting and uncanny but is, nevertheless, inevitable. Reflections on the reasons for historical ignorance.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-10/disturbing-historical-ignorance-narrative-doxa-and-paradox/

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In Search of Narrative Plausibility

How shall we articulate a concept of plausibility of historical narratives as a way to assess their adequacy? Jörn Rüsen offers a starting point with his definition of 'Triftigkeit'.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/1-2013-9/4-2016-41/in-search-of-narrative-plausibility/

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On the Diagnosis and Treatment of Narrative Vices

All history is narrative to one degree or another, as Danto has shown, and those who disdain narrative usually end-up telling stories, nonetheless, in their historical writing. We all live narrative projects...

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/4-2016-37/on-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-narrative-vices/

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