Alexander Lyon Macfie
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 192604 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alexander Lyon Macfie |
| PRENOMES | Alexander Lyon |
| SOBRENOME | Macfie |
| ASSINATURA | MACFIE A L |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Impact of History? Histories at the Beginning of the Century
The Impact of History, edited by Pedro Ramos and Bertrand Taithe, is a collection of 12 articles by various authors, on the impact of history, particularly with regard to public histories, national
Namier, Zionism and the Palestine question
Lewis Namier was one of the best known and most respected historians of the first half of the twentieth century and beyond, noted for his stubborn pursuit of objectivity, truth and historical balance. This article offers a survey of Namier’s attitude to Zionism and the Palestine Question, and considers the extent to which he and a number of his friends and admirers were able to maintain such objectivity, truth and historical balance in the face o…
The fiction of history; a new type of history
Beverley Southgate: It’s interesting that both of us – at roughly the same age – have focused in our latest books on the theme of history and fiction. There is of course a good reason for that: bot
The quest for reality
When I was young in the 1960s, I read Experience and Its Modes (1933), by Michael Oakeshott, the English political philosopher. In this, Oakeshott made a clear distinction between philosophy, defin
Experience and history
David Carr's Experience and History is a work that asks, not what exists (ontology) and how we know that it exists (epistemology), but how what exists is given, how it enters our experience, and wh
The fabric of reality
David Deutsch's The Fabric of Reality (1997) is a scientific work of extraordinary ambition, which aims to explain the ‘Theory of Everything’ (though not in the sense used by many elementary partic
The beginning of infinity
David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity, like its predecessor The Fabric of Reality (1997), is a book of immense range, covering subjects as diverse as the role of explanation in physics, creativ
Philosophy of history after Hayden White
Philosophy of History After Hayden White, edited by Robert Doran, of the University of Rochester, USA (2013), is a collection of academic articles on philosophy of history of extraordinary eruditio
Orientalism
At a crucial moment in the history of relations of East and West, Orient and Occident, Christianity and Islam, Orientalism provides a timely account of the subject and the debate. In the 1960s and 1970s a powerful assault was launched on 'orientalism', led by Edward Said. The debate ranged far beyond the traditional limits of 'dry-as-dust' orientalism, involving questions concerning the nature of identity, the nature of imperialism, Islamophobia,…
The sage handbook of historical theory
TheSage Handbook of Historical Theory, edited by Nancy Partner, of McGill University, and Sarah Foot, of Christ Church College, University of Oxford, is almost certainly the most thorough and infor
Towards a new definition of history
In this paper, I look at a selection of definitions of history given by a number of eminent historians of my youth and a selection given by the ‘postmodern’ philosophers of history of more recent times. My purpose in so doing is to arrive at a new definition of (my) history, one that, ideally at least, will, if possible, accommodate the best of the old definitions and the best of the new. Not surprisingly I find some difficulty in doing this, and…
The present state of (my) history
In this article I look at Manifestos for history (2007, eds Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and Sue Morgan), a collection of articles on the future of history, written by 15 leading and influential historians. In their articles the contributors attempt to define what history should, or might, become in the future, but I use the collection rather to find out what history is today, as seen at least by a number of its leading practitioners. In so doing …
Invitation to historians
In this article I consider two related questions: what history is for and what my history is/was for. The answer to the first question, as given mainly by historians, seems to be just about everything, and as given, mainly by philosophers of history (the ones, at least, that I consulted), seems to be the attainment of some kind of practical purpose or objective, forward looking in its perspective. Though, a number of philosophers of history, in p…
On the defence of (my) history
In this article I attempt to discover whether there is a defence of history, capable of withstanding the assault mounted on it by Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and other ‘postmodern’ critics of the subject. To this end, I look at a number of the standard defenses of history, cited by Jenkins and Munslow in various works, in particular those of E.H. Carr, Geoffrey Elton, Richard Evans, Mary Fulbrook, C. Behan McCullogh and Arthur Marwick. And at the…
Oakeshott's answer
In this paper I consider the question of whether Michael Oakeshott's explanation of history as a mode of understanding provides an adequate defence of the subject against the ‘postmodern’ attack mounted by Keith Jenkins, the noted British philosopher of history. On the whole I conclude that it does not, though it does go quite far in that direction. In the process I discover a considerable amount of agreement between the two philosophers, in part…
A possible (common-sense) defence of (my) history
In this article, by way of a critique of the arguments advanced by Keith Jenkins in his article, ‘“Nobody does it better”: Radical history and Hayden White’, I attempt a (common-sense) defence of conventional (closed, empirical/epistemologically striving) history, as traditionally practised. Where Jenkins suggests a number of necessary conditions for the production of a radical (non-)history, I suggest a number of necessary conditions for the pos…
A Choice of Enemies
My Orientalism
In this reflective piece, inspired in part by Edward Said's passing remark, in his groundbreaking Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (1978 Said, E. 1978. Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient, London: Routledge. [Google Scholar]) – to the effect that in this study he attempted to inventory the traces of Orientalism on himself, the oriental subject – I attempt a similar, though shorter, inventory of the traces of Orientalism o…
Thuggee
This article surveys the historiography of thuggee, the system of mass murder supposedly discovered by the British in India in the nineteenth century. In particular, it asks how far the thuggee archive, created by William Sleeman, the British official mainly concerned, can be considered reliable, and how far it should be seen as an orientalist construct. At the same time the article looks briefly at the way thuggee appears from time to time in we…
Representations of Lawrence of Arabia
Edward Said’s short piece on T.E. Lawrence—“Lawrence of Arabia”—in Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient—has provoked some debate, though less than one might expect. This article takes a further look at Said’s argument. It suggests that in calling for a “new dialectic” in his discussion of Lawrence and the Arab Revolt—so recognizing the need of the contemporary orientalist not only to understand the Orient but also to participate in the …
Rethinking (My) History
The postmodern critique of history, mounted by Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and a number of their illustrious forebears (Saussure, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Barthes, Rorty, White, Baudrillard, Ankersmith), posed a serious challenge to the traditional (empirical, objectivist) historian. In ‘Rethinking (My) History’, I examine the principal works of history I have written, seen in the light of the ‘postmodern’ critique, and consider a number of th…
A Choice of Enemies
Philosophy of history after Hayden White
Philosophy of History After Hayden White, edited by Robert Doran, of the University of Rochester, USA (2013), is a collection of academic articles on philosophy of history of extraordinary eruditio
Orientalism
At a crucial moment in the history of relations of East and West, Orient and Occident, Christianity and Islam, Orientalism provides a timely account of the subject and the debate. In the 1960s and 1970s a powerful assault was launched on 'orientalism', led by Edward Said. The debate ranged far beyond the traditional limits of 'dry-as-dust' orientalism, involving questions concerning the nature of identity, the nature of imperialism, Islamophobia,…
The sage handbook of historical theory
TheSage Handbook of Historical Theory, edited by Nancy Partner, of McGill University, and Sarah Foot, of Christ Church College, University of Oxford, is almost certainly the most thorough and infor
Towards a new definition of history
In this paper, I look at a selection of definitions of history given by a number of eminent historians of my youth and a selection given by the ‘postmodern’ philosophers of history of more recent times. My purpose in so doing is to arrive at a new definition of (my) history, one that, ideally at least, will, if possible, accommodate the best of the old definitions and the best of the new. Not surprisingly I find some difficulty in doing this, and…
Invitation to historians
In this article I consider two related questions: what history is for and what my history is/was for. The answer to the first question, as given mainly by historians, seems to be just about everything, and as given, mainly by philosophers of history (the ones, at least, that I consulted), seems to be the attainment of some kind of practical purpose or objective, forward looking in its perspective. Though, a number of philosophers of history, in p…
A possible (common-sense) defence of (my) history
In this article, by way of a critique of the arguments advanced by Keith Jenkins in his article, ‘“Nobody does it better”: Radical history and Hayden White’, I attempt a (common-sense) defence of conventional (closed, empirical/epistemologically striving) history, as traditionally practised. Where Jenkins suggests a number of necessary conditions for the production of a radical (non-)history, I suggest a number of necessary conditions for the pos…
My Orientalism
In this reflective piece, inspired in part by Edward Said's passing remark, in his groundbreaking Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (1978 Said, E. 1978. Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient, London: Routledge. [Google Scholar]) – to the effect that in this study he attempted to inventory the traces of Orientalism on himself, the oriental subject – I attempt a similar, though shorter, inventory of the traces of Orientalism o…
Rethinking (My) History
The postmodern critique of history, mounted by Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and a number of their illustrious forebears (Saussure, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Barthes, Rorty, White, Baudrillard, Ankersmith), posed a serious challenge to the traditional (empirical, objectivist) historian. In ‘Rethinking (My) History’, I examine the principal works of history I have written, seen in the light of the ‘postmodern’ critique, and consider a number of th…
Rethinking (My) History
The postmodern critique of history, mounted by Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and a number of their illustrious forebears (Saussure, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Barthes, Rorty, White, Baudrillard, Ankersmith), posed a serious challenge to the traditional (empirical, objectivist) historian. In ‘Rethinking (My) History’, I examine the principal works of history I have written, seen in the light of the ‘postmodern’ critique, and consider a number of th…
Representations of Lawrence of Arabia
Edward Said’s short piece on T.E. Lawrence—“Lawrence of Arabia”—in Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient—has provoked some debate, though less than one might expect. This article takes a further look at Said’s argument. It suggests that in calling for a “new dialectic” in his discussion of Lawrence and the Arab Revolt—so recognizing the need of the contemporary orientalist not only to understand the Orient but also to participate in the …
Thuggee
This article surveys the historiography of thuggee, the system of mass murder supposedly discovered by the British in India in the nineteenth century. In particular, it asks how far the thuggee archive, created by William Sleeman, the British official mainly concerned, can be considered reliable, and how far it should be seen as an orientalist construct. At the same time the article looks briefly at the way thuggee appears from time to time in we…
A possible (common-sense) defence of (my) history
In this article, by way of a critique of the arguments advanced by Keith Jenkins in his article, ‘“Nobody does it better”: Radical history and Hayden White’, I attempt a (common-sense) defence of conventional (closed, empirical/epistemologically striving) history, as traditionally practised. Where Jenkins suggests a number of necessary conditions for the production of a radical (non-)history, I suggest a number of necessary conditions for the pos…
A Choice of Enemies
My Orientalism
In this reflective piece, inspired in part by Edward Said's passing remark, in his groundbreaking Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (1978 Said, E. 1978. Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient, London: Routledge. [Google Scholar]) – to the effect that in this study he attempted to inventory the traces of Orientalism on himself, the oriental subject – I attempt a similar, though shorter, inventory of the traces of Orientalism o…
On the defence of (my) history
In this article I attempt to discover whether there is a defence of history, capable of withstanding the assault mounted on it by Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and other ‘postmodern’ critics of the subject. To this end, I look at a number of the standard defenses of history, cited by Jenkins and Munslow in various works, in particular those of E.H. Carr, Geoffrey Elton, Richard Evans, Mary Fulbrook, C. Behan McCullogh and Arthur Marwick. And at the…
Oakeshott's answer
In this paper I consider the question of whether Michael Oakeshott's explanation of history as a mode of understanding provides an adequate defence of the subject against the ‘postmodern’ attack mounted by Keith Jenkins, the noted British philosopher of history. On the whole I conclude that it does not, though it does go quite far in that direction. In the process I discover a considerable amount of agreement between the two philosophers, in part…
The present state of (my) history
In this article I look at Manifestos for history (2007, eds Keith Jenkins, Alun Munslow and Sue Morgan), a collection of articles on the future of history, written by 15 leading and influential historians. In their articles the contributors attempt to define what history should, or might, become in the future, but I use the collection rather to find out what history is today, as seen at least by a number of its leading practitioners. In so doing …
Invitation to historians
In this article I consider two related questions: what history is for and what my history is/was for. The answer to the first question, as given mainly by historians, seems to be just about everything, and as given, mainly by philosophers of history (the ones, at least, that I consulted), seems to be the attainment of some kind of practical purpose or objective, forward looking in its perspective. Though, a number of philosophers of history, in p…
The sage handbook of historical theory
TheSage Handbook of Historical Theory, edited by Nancy Partner, of McGill University, and Sarah Foot, of Christ Church College, University of Oxford, is almost certainly the most thorough and infor
Towards a new definition of history
In this paper, I look at a selection of definitions of history given by a number of eminent historians of my youth and a selection given by the ‘postmodern’ philosophers of history of more recent times. My purpose in so doing is to arrive at a new definition of (my) history, one that, ideally at least, will, if possible, accommodate the best of the old definitions and the best of the new. Not surprisingly I find some difficulty in doing this, and…
Philosophy of history after Hayden White
Philosophy of History After Hayden White, edited by Robert Doran, of the University of Rochester, USA (2013), is a collection of academic articles on philosophy of history of extraordinary eruditio
Orientalism
At a crucial moment in the history of relations of East and West, Orient and Occident, Christianity and Islam, Orientalism provides a timely account of the subject and the debate. In the 1960s and 1970s a powerful assault was launched on 'orientalism', led by Edward Said. The debate ranged far beyond the traditional limits of 'dry-as-dust' orientalism, involving questions concerning the nature of identity, the nature of imperialism, Islamophobia,…
The quest for reality
When I was young in the 1960s, I read Experience and Its Modes (1933), by Michael Oakeshott, the English political philosopher. In this, Oakeshott made a clear distinction between philosophy, defin
Experience and history
David Carr's Experience and History is a work that asks, not what exists (ontology) and how we know that it exists (epistemology), but how what exists is given, how it enters our experience, and wh
The fabric of reality
David Deutsch's The Fabric of Reality (1997) is a scientific work of extraordinary ambition, which aims to explain the ‘Theory of Everything’ (though not in the sense used by many elementary partic
The beginning of infinity
David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity, like its predecessor The Fabric of Reality (1997), is a book of immense range, covering subjects as diverse as the role of explanation in physics, creativ
The Impact of History? Histories at the Beginning of the Century
The Impact of History, edited by Pedro Ramos and Bertrand Taithe, is a collection of 12 articles by various authors, on the impact of history, particularly with regard to public histories, national
Namier, Zionism and the Palestine question
Lewis Namier was one of the best known and most respected historians of the first half of the twentieth century and beyond, noted for his stubborn pursuit of objectivity, truth and historical balance. This article offers a survey of Namier’s attitude to Zionism and the Palestine Question, and considers the extent to which he and a number of his friends and admirers were able to maintain such objectivity, truth and historical balance in the face o…
The fiction of history; a new type of history
Beverley Southgate: It’s interesting that both of us – at roughly the same age – have focused in our latest books on the theme of history and fiction. There is of course a good reason for that: bot
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