OPACITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIONS

In his latest book Frank Ankersmit develops a comprehensive philosophical perspective on the problem of the truth and reference of historical representations. The approach and the wider perspective of the book largely belong to what could be called the postmodernist paradigm, in spite of some recent...

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Published inHistory and theory :Studies in the philosophy of history Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 277 - 294
Main Author Mitrovic, Branko
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2014
Wiley Periodicals, Inc
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Ankersmit, Frank R
antirealism
colligatory concepts
Hayden White
Historical analysis
Paradigms
Philosophical thought
Philosophy
Postmodernism
reference of historical narratives
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Truth
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Summary:In his latest book Frank Ankersmit develops a comprehensive philosophical perspective on the problem of the truth and reference of historical representations. The approach and the wider perspective of the book largely belong to what could be called the postmodernist paradigm, in spite of some recent attempts to interpret Ankersmit's recent work differently. Since his 1983 Narrative Logic Ankersmit has propounded the view that individual statements that constitute historical representations may have reference, but that representations themselves do not. His most recent book remains faithful to this position and elaborates it further. This essay examines Ankersmit's arguments as well as the assumptions and implications of this view.
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ISSN:0018-2656
1468-2303
DOI:10.1111/hith.10711