Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk
This book traces the development of the Polish theory of history, analysing how Jerzy Topolski, Krzysztof Pomian, and Olga Tokarczuk have both built upon and transgressed the metahistorical theories of American historian Hayden White. Poland’s reception of White’s work has gone through different pha...
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| description | This book traces the development of the Polish theory of history, analysing how Jerzy Topolski, Krzysztof Pomian, and Olga Tokarczuk have both built upon and transgressed the metahistorical theories of American historian Hayden White. Poland’s reception of White’s work has gone through different phases, from distancing to a period of fascination and eventual critical analysis, beginning with Topolski's methodological school in the 1980s. Topolski played a major role in international debates on historical theory in the second half of the 20th century. The book’s second study is a rare opportunity for English-speaking audiences to engage with the thoughts of Pomian, a philosopher and historian of ideas who has both complemented and developed theories of historical cognition independently from White. In the final chapter, the book presents a study of the historical imagination in 21st-century Central and Eastern Europe through the work of novelist Tokarczuk, the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. In considering the contributions of these three thinkers, the book explores the active process by which past becomes history and thus motivates contemporary actions and realities. By deconstructing and reconstructing contemporary theories of history, this research is a unique contribution to the fields of historiography and the philosophy of history. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1606822025-05-29T05:00:49Z Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk Pomorski, Jan Historiography Philosophy of history Jerzy Topolski Krzysztof Pomian Olga Tokarczuk Central Europe Eastern Europe Historical anthropology Hayden White Vice Versa Historical Imagination Jacob Frank Social Research Practice Historical Science Part III Indirect Cognition Actual Research Practice Nobel Lecture Historical Knowledge Historical Narrative Polish Theory Morphogenetic Approach Common Language Wandering Deductive Nomological Model Framework Regularities Standard Principle thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history This book traces the development of the Polish theory of history, analysing how Jerzy Topolski, Krzysztof Pomian, and Olga Tokarczuk have both built upon and transgressed the metahistorical theories of American historian Hayden White. Poland’s reception of White’s work has gone through different phases, from distancing to a period of fascination and eventual critical analysis, beginning with Topolski's methodological school in the 1980s. Topolski played a major role in international debates on historical theory in the second half of the 20th century. The book’s second study is a rare opportunity for English-speaking audiences to engage with the thoughts of Pomian, a philosopher and historian of ideas who has both complemented and developed theories of historical cognition independently from White. In the final chapter, the book presents a study of the historical imagination in 21st-century Central and Eastern Europe through the work of novelist Tokarczuk, the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. In considering the contributions of these three thinkers, the book explores the active process by which past becomes history and thus motivates contemporary actions and realities. By deconstructing and reconstructing contemporary theories of history, this research is a unique contribution to the fields of historiography and the philosophy of history. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. 2025-05-29T05:00:49Z 2025-05-29T05:00:49Z 2025-05-28T08:20:31Z 2023 book ONIX_20250528T101339_9781000911992_14 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102866 9781000911992 9781003393955 9781032494609 9781000912029 9781032494630 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160682 eng Routledge Approaches to History open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102866/1/9781000911992.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003393955 10.4324/9781003393955 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 82581bc6-234c-4044-bdb2-76e21601fb32 9781000911992 9781003393955 9781032494609 9781000912029 9781032494630 Routledge 250 Oxford [...] open access |
| spellingShingle | Historiography Philosophy of history Jerzy Topolski Krzysztof Pomian Olga Tokarczuk Central Europe Eastern Europe Historical anthropology Hayden White Vice Versa Historical Imagination Jacob Frank Social Research Practice Historical Science Part III Indirect Cognition Actual Research Practice Nobel Lecture Historical Knowledge Historical Narrative Polish Theory Morphogenetic Approach Common Language Wandering Deductive Nomological Model Framework Regularities Standard Principle thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history Pomorski, Jan Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk |
| title | Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk |
| title_full | Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk |
| title_fullStr | Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk |
| title_short | Polish Theory of History and Metahistory in Topolski, Pomian, and Tokarczuk |
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| topic | Historiography Philosophy of history Jerzy Topolski Krzysztof Pomian Olga Tokarczuk Central Europe Eastern Europe Historical anthropology Hayden White Vice Versa Historical Imagination Jacob Frank Social Research Practice Historical Science Part III Indirect Cognition Actual Research Practice Nobel Lecture Historical Knowledge Historical Narrative Polish Theory Morphogenetic Approach Common Language Wandering Deductive Nomological Model Framework Regularities Standard Principle thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history |
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