Postmodernity's Histories: The Past as Legacy and Project

by Arif Dirlik

Book Overview

Challenges to the conventional study of history have been raised by the recent paradigm of globalization and by new intellectual transformations linked to postmodernism and postcolonialism. In this book the noted historian Arif Dirlik argues for a new approach to the practice of historical research. Moving beyond mere critique, he synthesizes traditional historical methods with new approaches that emphasize historical memory, indigenous writing, place...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742501671
• ISBN13: 9780742501676
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"