Victorian Politics and the Linguistic Turn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8957415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Bentley (0009-0002-1361-1532, University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 883-902 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x99008560 |
| OpenAlex | W2134692439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This article subjects a variety of works on nineteenth-century politics to critical analysis, focusing on recent work in biography, popular politics, and on those works that have shown an interest in post-structuralist approaches. Mostly it examines texts produced between 1993 and about 1997 with a view to sensing an historiographical mood. Although the argument urges an open-minded reception to the linguistic turn in historical work, it brings the work of some of its adherents – perhaps especially James Vernon – under critical scrutiny and concludes that a price has been paid for the attempt at constructing a ‘cultural politics’. In particular the article expresses alarm at the apparent incoherence and sub-literacy of some post-structural statements
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Cultural turn · Epistemology · Historiography · Linguistic turn · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Scrutiny · Social science · Sociology · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2021 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |