Making history: the storytellers who shaped the past
"MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today. In this authoritative and entertaining book,...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today. In this authoritative and entertaining book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses (such as the writers of the Bible, major novelists, dramatists, journalists and political propagandists) influence what become the accepted records of human experience. Is there, he asks, even such a thing as 'objective' history? The depth of Cohen's inquiry and the delight he takes in his subjects includes the practitioners of what he calls 'Bad History,' those thieves of history who twist reality to glorify themselves and conceal their or their country's behaviour. Cohen investigates the published works and private utterances of our greatest historical thinkers to discover the agendas that informed their views of the world, and which in so many ways have informed ours. From the origins of history-writing, when such an idea seemed itself revolutionary, through to television and the digital age, MAKING HISTORY abounds in captivating figures brought to vivid life, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, from Winston Churchill to Mary Beard. Rich in character, complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a unique exploration of both the aims and craft of history-making. It will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves." -- |
| Beschreibung: | xxii, 753 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts (teilweise farbig) |
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xii CONTENTS 6. THE ACCIDENTAL HISTORIAN Niccolo Machiavelli 156 7. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Drama ofHistory 174 8. ZOZO AND THE MARIONETTE INFIDEL Μ. Voltaire and Mr. Gibbon 195 9. ANNOUNCING A DISCIPLINE From Macaulay to von Ranke 228 IO. ONCE UPON A TIME Novelists as Past Masters 256 II. AMERICA AGAINST ITSELF Versions of the Civil War 292 12. OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND SEALING WAX The Annales School 325 ІЗ- THE RED HISTORIANS From Karl Marx to Eric Hobsbawm Յ51 14. HISTORY FROM THE INSIDE From Julius Caesar to Ulysses S. Grant 39° 15. THE SPINNING OF HISTORY Churchill and His Factory 420 16. MIGHTY OPPOSITES Wars Inside the Academy 441
CONTENTS 17. THE WOUNDED HISTORIAN John Keegan and the Military Mind 470 l8. HERSTORY From Bān Zhāo to Mary Beard 486 19. WHO TELLS OUR STORY? From George W. Williams to ibram X. Kendi 524 20. BAD HISTORY Truth-Telling vs. “Patriotism” 562 21. THE FIRST DRAFT Journalists and the Recent Past 59^ 22. ON TELEVISION From AJ.P. Taylor to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 626 AFTERWORD 658 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 661 NOTES 665 INDEX 709 I xiii
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CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS XV PREFACE 3 OVERTURE The Monk Outside the Monastery 9 I. THE DAWNING OF HISTORY Herodotus or Thucydides? 29 2. THE GLORY THAT WAS ROME From Polybius to Suetonius 52 3. HISTORY AND MYTH Creating the Bible 79 4. CLOSING DOWN THE PAST The Muslim View ofHistory 101 5. THE MEDIEVAL CHRONICLERS Creating a Nation’s Story 129
xii CONTENTS 6. THE ACCIDENTAL HISTORIAN Niccolo Machiavelli 156 7. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Drama ofHistory 174 8. ZOZO AND THE MARIONETTE INFIDEL Μ. Voltaire and Mr. Gibbon 195 9. ANNOUNCING A DISCIPLINE From Macaulay to von Ranke 228 IO. ONCE UPON A TIME Novelists as Past Masters 256 II. AMERICA AGAINST ITSELF Versions of the Civil War 292 12. OF SHOES AND SHIPS AND SEALING WAX The Annales School 325 ІЗ- THE RED HISTORIANS From Karl Marx to Eric Hobsbawm Յ51 14. HISTORY FROM THE INSIDE From Julius Caesar to Ulysses S. Grant 39° 15. THE SPINNING OF HISTORY Churchill and His Factory 420 16. MIGHTY OPPOSITES Wars Inside the Academy 441
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| spelling | Cohen, Richard 1947- Verfasser (DE-588)102120045X aut Making history the storytellers who shaped the past Richard Cohen London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2022 xxii, 753 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts (teilweise farbig) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Preface -- Overture: the monk outside the monastery -- The dawning of history: Herodotus or Thucydides? -- The glory that was Rome: from Polybius to Suetonius -- History and myth: creating the Bible -- Closing down the past: the Muslim view of history -- The Medieval chroniclers: creating a nation's story -- The accidental historian: Niccolò Machiavelli -- William Shakespeare: the drama of history -- Zozo and the Marionette Infidel: M. Voltaire and Mr. Gibbon -- Announcing a discipline: from Macaulay to von Ranke -- Once upon a time: novelists as past masters -- America against itself: versions of the Civil War -- Of shoes and ships and sealing wax: the Annales School -- The red historians: from Karl Marx to Eric Hobsbawm -- History from the inside: from Julius Caesar to Ulysses S. Grant -- The spinning of history: Churchill and his factory -- Mighty opposites: wars inside the academy -- The wounded historian: John Keegan and the military mind -- Herstory: from Bān Zhāo to Mary Beard -- Who tells our story?: from George W. Williams to Ibram X. Kendi -- Bad history: truth-telling vs. "patriotism" -- The first draft: journalists and the recent past -- On television: from A.J.P. Taylor to Henry Louis Gates, Jr -- Afterword "MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we are) today. In this authoritative and entertaining book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses (such as the writers of the Bible, major novelists, dramatists, journalists and political propagandists) influence what become the accepted records of human experience. Is there, he asks, even such a thing as 'objective' history? The depth of Cohen's inquiry and the delight he takes in his subjects includes the practitioners of what he calls 'Bad History,' those thieves of history who twist reality to glorify themselves and conceal their or their country's behaviour. Cohen investigates the published works and private utterances of our greatest historical thinkers to discover the agendas that informed their views of the world, and which in so many ways have informed ours. From the origins of history-writing, when such an idea seemed itself revolutionary, through to television and the digital age, MAKING HISTORY abounds in captivating figures brought to vivid life, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, from Winston Churchill to Mary Beard. Rich in character, complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a unique exploration of both the aims and craft of history-making. It will lead us to think anew about our past and ourselves." -- Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Parteilichkeit (DE-588)4173419-1 gnd rswk-swf Geschichtsschreibung (DE-588)4020531-9 gnd rswk-swf Historians / History Historiography / History History / Methodology Historiography / Moral and ethical aspects / History Historians Historiography Historiography / Moral and ethical aspects History Biographies (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Geschichtsschreibung (DE-588)4020531-9 s Parteilichkeit (DE-588)4173419-1 s Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-4746-1580-8 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033636356&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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