The Evolution of Social History

Social history is changing, and term postannaliste has arrived to mark that fact. Indeed, that is only one of fashionable post-prefix terms sprinkled across prefaces and introductions of recent dissertations and books. Historians are often unenthusiastic about discussing theories that shape their work, but postannalist trends such as decline of Marxism, emergence of gendered and popularity of poststructuralist criticism need to be discussed. This will not be easy. It is not easy for historians to snuggle up to phrase the end of history, vocabulary like posthistoire, or arguments such as The social has basically never existed.' Many find it easy, on other hand, to deride postmodern scholarship, starting with that clumsy name.2 It is also easy for some to ignore, and others to adopt with little reflection, theories of poststructuralism, especially deconstruction.3 Discom

Political science · History · Political Economy and Marxism

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  S G Magnusson•Journal of Social History•2003

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