ABSTRACT

Written by some of the world’s leading historians and theorists of history, Manifestos for History draws together a series of manifestos that address the question of what kinds of histories we ought to be considering and making in and for the twenty-first century. With a foreword by Joanna Bourke and an afterword by Hayden White, these manifestos – critical, innovative, reflexive, inspirational – are absolutely essential reading, not just for those embarking on the study of history, but for all those who would think seriously about ‘the nature of history’ in its present and possible future forms. This collection establishes a benchmark for all future considerations upon the discourse of history.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

On fidelity and diversity

chapter |17 pages

The closed space of choice

A manifesto on the future of history

chapter |10 pages

‘Humani nil alienum'

The quest for ‘human nature'

chapter |10 pages

The gift of the past

Towards a critical history

chapter |18 pages

Alternate worlds and invented communities

History and historical consciousness in the age of interactive media

chapter |8 pages

Historiographical criticism

A manifesto

chapter |15 pages

The past of the future

From the foreign to the undiscovered country

chapter |12 pages

Afterword

Manifesto time