George Orwell wrote that āhistory is written by the winners.ā Even if that seems a bit too cut-and-dried, we can say that history is always written from a viewpoint but that viewpoints change, sometimes radically.
The history of workers, women, and minorities challenged the once-unquestioned dominance of the tales of great leaders and military victories. Then, cultural studiesāincluding feminism and queer studiesābrought fresh perspectives, but those too have run their course.
With globalization emerging as a major economic, cultural, and political force, Lynn Hunt examines whether it can reinvigorate the telling of history. She hopes that scholars from East and West can collaborate in new ways and write wider-ranging works.
At the same time, Hunt argues that we could better understand the effects of globalization in the past if we knew more about how individuals felt about the changes they were experiencing. She proposes a sweeping reevaluation of individualsā active role and their place in society as the keys to understanding the way people and ideas interact. She also reveals how surprising new perspectives on society and the selfāfrom environmental history, the history of human-animal interactions, and even neuroscienceāoffer promising new ways of thinking about the meaning and purpose of history in our time.
This book title, Writing History in the Global Era, ISBN: 9780393239249, by Lynn Hunt, published by W. W. Norton & Company (September 15, 2014) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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