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Нові перспективи історіописання
Головне призначення збірки творів американських учених "Нові перспективи історіописання" - це демонстрація можливостей (а також обмеженостей) найновітніших методологічних течій в західній історіографії. Що є так званою новою історією? Наскільки новою вона є? Чи вона є плинною модою, чи довговічною течією? Чи вона здатна заступити собою традиційну історію, чи суперники співжитимуть у мирі? Ось далеко не повний перелік запитань, на які можна знайти відповідь у книзі. В ній розглянуто кілька найцікавіших течій сучасної історії, а саме: жіноча історія, історія тіла, історія читання, історія довкілля тощо.
387 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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Peter Burke
279 books211 followersPeter Burke is a British historian and professor. He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford, and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College. From 1962 to 1979, he was part of the School of European Studies at Sussex University, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College. Burke is celebrated as a historian not only of the early modern era, but one who emphasizes the relevance of social and cultural history to modern issues. He is married to Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke.
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January 24, 2019
Дуже цікава збірка. Представлені у ній есеї висвітлюють зовсім різні підходи до написання історії, проте помітні кілька спільних моментів - зростання ролі усних свідчень, використання візуальних джерел та методики насиченого опису Кліффорда Гірца - деякі автори їх критикують, деякі саме на них спираються у своїх текстах, але майже у всіх текстах вони присутні. Також тексти на 80 % орієнтовані на англо-американську історіографію. Інший момент: великою мірою ця збірка - "текст про тексти", але така справа - мій власний список фундаментальних-праць-відомих-авторів, які варто почитати вона оновила й затвердила (Бродель, Фуко, Рікер...), але от список цікавих новинок надовго залишиться у закладках...
Особисто для мене найцікавішим виявився останній есей, про відновлення/оновлення нарративу, поєднання макро- і мікропідходів та подій зі структурами.
Загалом тексти написані у 90-х роках - вже близько 20 років пройшло з того часу і, здається, описані у ній підходи стали вже більше традиційними, ніж новими (мені так здається, принаймні на рівні свідомості; чи може то у мене давненько минув перший курс, коли я у есеї про жіночу історію - на жаль, одному з найбільш затеоретизованих - нічого не зрозуміла, злякалась, і щасливо "відкосила" від читання))), але це навпаки дає змогу їх спокійніше сприйняти і зрозуміти.
Особисто для мене найцікавішим виявився останній есей, про відновлення/оновлення нарративу, поєднання макро- і мікропідходів та подій зі структурами.
Загалом тексти написані у 90-х роках - вже близько 20 років пройшло з того часу і, здається, описані у ній підходи стали вже більше традиційними, ніж новими (мені так здається, принаймні на рівні свідомості; чи може то у мене давненько минув перший курс, коли я у есеї про жіночу історію - на жаль, одному з найбільш затеоретизованих - нічого не зрозуміла, злякалась, і щасливо "відкосила" від читання))), але це навпаки дає змогу їх спокійніше сприйняти і зрозуміти.
July 24, 2012
It's difficult to review a collection of articles, since some of them were really good while others required great effort to wade through - and even then I had to abandon a few. At best the book provides what it promises, that is new and interesting perspectives on historical writing. At worst the articles are what at least seemed to me a list of important names in historical writing tradition in addition to the writer's ideological views and personal preferences. I don't claim to have understood what every writer was trying to say, because I didn't, but the fault was not mine. Several articles suffered from their writer's unwillingness to state clearly the problems they were trying to explore and answer as well as sidetracks and sometimes obscure paths of thought. Of course my difficulties can be partly explained with the lack of familiarity of the discourse. After all, this book is about historiography, not history, and I've always thought of history as more interesting of the two. The target audience too seems to resemble the authors: the book feels like it's written by historians of Anglo-American and French tradition to historians of the same traditions. Parts of it are therefore relatively inaccessible to people not versed in that context.
February 11, 2023
Creo que Burke aborda el tema de una manera muy adecuada y la selección de ensayos ilustra perfectamente las categorías de las que se habla al principio. Creo que es bastante relevante y esclarecedor.
March 20, 2020
New Perspectives on Historical Writing is comprised of a collection of chapters which focus on a different aspect of history. It aims to show how the writing of history has shifted dramatically over time and how its writers have adapted to such change. Its chief endeavour is to discuss whether the so-called 'new history' will ever replace 'traditional' history, and whether the two are able to exist simultaneously.
This second edition, published a decade after the first, aims to bring the notions of ‘new history’ up to date. Some of the historical disciplines previously outlined in the first edition have ‘changed in important ways in the course of their rapid expansion’.
A wide scope of different areas of historical research has been included throughout New Perspectives on Historical Writing. The book begins with a chapter written by the editor, Peter Burke, which outlines the past and predicts the future of ‘new history’ as a concept. He shows how elements of history which once used to be banded together have fragmented into standalone disciplines, spanning from such areas as ‘historical demography’ to ‘urban and rural history’.
Political and economic history have also been considered throughout, and quotes from particular specialists and important figures in each field are rife. The consideration of different stances and opinions has also been given careful thought, and some constituents are built upon in order to shape the new concept.
Burke cites from the outset that this new history is given resonance because of we are and who we, as nations, have been in the past. The book shows the progression of interest, curiosity and learning about our forefathers, and how they helped to shape their own generations. It is not intended to ‘celebrate’ the new history, but ‘rather to assess its strengths and weaknesses’.
All contributors to the book are experts in particular fields and range from Professors at Cambridge University and University College London to Senior Research Fellows. The chapters themselves focus on ‘a few relatively recent movements’. Some of the aspects considered are ‘History from Below’, which deals with understanding history from the point of view of the common man, ‘Women’s History’, particularly in relation to world politics, the reliability of oral history, and an account of how reading has adapted and become widespread over the last few centuries.
New Perspectives on Historical Writing is a thoughtful and meticulously well-researched book. This is particularly evident when one considers the lists of notes and sources which each contributor took into account in the writing of their chapter.
The accounts and writing style can be quite dense in places and may not be entirely suitable for students, particularly those below the undergraduate level, in consequence. The book is certainly of use to researchers, however, and those who have an interest in how modern perspectives of history have shaped our world and, in turn, how we as nations have shaped it in consequence.
This second edition, published a decade after the first, aims to bring the notions of ‘new history’ up to date. Some of the historical disciplines previously outlined in the first edition have ‘changed in important ways in the course of their rapid expansion’.
A wide scope of different areas of historical research has been included throughout New Perspectives on Historical Writing. The book begins with a chapter written by the editor, Peter Burke, which outlines the past and predicts the future of ‘new history’ as a concept. He shows how elements of history which once used to be banded together have fragmented into standalone disciplines, spanning from such areas as ‘historical demography’ to ‘urban and rural history’.
Political and economic history have also been considered throughout, and quotes from particular specialists and important figures in each field are rife. The consideration of different stances and opinions has also been given careful thought, and some constituents are built upon in order to shape the new concept.
Burke cites from the outset that this new history is given resonance because of we are and who we, as nations, have been in the past. The book shows the progression of interest, curiosity and learning about our forefathers, and how they helped to shape their own generations. It is not intended to ‘celebrate’ the new history, but ‘rather to assess its strengths and weaknesses’.
All contributors to the book are experts in particular fields and range from Professors at Cambridge University and University College London to Senior Research Fellows. The chapters themselves focus on ‘a few relatively recent movements’. Some of the aspects considered are ‘History from Below’, which deals with understanding history from the point of view of the common man, ‘Women’s History’, particularly in relation to world politics, the reliability of oral history, and an account of how reading has adapted and become widespread over the last few centuries.
New Perspectives on Historical Writing is a thoughtful and meticulously well-researched book. This is particularly evident when one considers the lists of notes and sources which each contributor took into account in the writing of their chapter.
The accounts and writing style can be quite dense in places and may not be entirely suitable for students, particularly those below the undergraduate level, in consequence. The book is certainly of use to researchers, however, and those who have an interest in how modern perspectives of history have shaped our world and, in turn, how we as nations have shaped it in consequence.
September 26, 2025
On Microhistory
Levi argues that narrowing the scope of historical observation in microhistory can help us understand cultural differences, contradictions, negotiations, and freedoms of human agency, and offers an alternative to the determinism of larger macro histories.
The author is mainly arguing for the benefit that microhistorical approaches can bring, and contrasts them with traditional forms of history and anthropology during a time of disillusionment with Marxist narratives of materiality. The strength of this approach, Levi argues, is that it does not assume historical inevitability and recognizes the agency of the human. Levi contrasts microhistory with interpretive anthropology by suggesting that microhistory is about defining and measuring the individuals, while anthropology draws big commonalities among groups. Microhistory does not sacrifice knowledge for generalized wholes.
The author comments on other authors, mostly focusing on Geertz, and the influence his work has had on the field. Levi rejects the popular Geertzian conception of cultures that allows for endless information gathering without any explanatory power.
Levi argues that narrowing the scope of historical observation in microhistory can help us understand cultural differences, contradictions, negotiations, and freedoms of human agency, and offers an alternative to the determinism of larger macro histories.
The author is mainly arguing for the benefit that microhistorical approaches can bring, and contrasts them with traditional forms of history and anthropology during a time of disillusionment with Marxist narratives of materiality. The strength of this approach, Levi argues, is that it does not assume historical inevitability and recognizes the agency of the human. Levi contrasts microhistory with interpretive anthropology by suggesting that microhistory is about defining and measuring the individuals, while anthropology draws big commonalities among groups. Microhistory does not sacrifice knowledge for generalized wholes.
The author comments on other authors, mostly focusing on Geertz, and the influence his work has had on the field. Levi rejects the popular Geertzian conception of cultures that allows for endless information gathering without any explanatory power.
February 27, 2025
Como toda recopilación, hay partes que gustan más y partes que gustan menos. Burke aborda este libro de manera magistral y completa y, aunque no estemos de acuerdo milimétricamente con todo, nos ayuda a descubrir, parafraseando el título, nuevas "formas de hacer historia".
December 27, 2019
Excelente recopilación de ensayos para indagar las distintas áreas en las que te puedes enfocar como historiador.
July 8, 2022
Leído el prólogo para u n trabajo de clase. Simplemente un must para cualquier historiador.
March 13, 2019
La Historia es como un queso gruyer, está llena de agujeros (Ernst Gombrich, historiador de arte). En este sentido, la verdad es como un espejismo, nunca se alcanza, pero es bueno estar orientados por ella, es como vamos a estar más cerca de lograrla.
Los estudios históricos tienen relativo valor en España, poco dado a reconocer la riqueza que atesoran las ciencias humanas. No piensan así los británicos, quienes han sabido mantenerse en la élite cultural mundial, alumbrando, además, a los más brillantes historiadores. Uno de los más destacados de la actualidad, Peter Burke (1937), es profesor de historia cultural en la Universidad de Cambridge y miembro del Emmanuel College. Ha publicado numerosos libros y artículos, traducidos en más de veinte lenguas, entre ellos La cultura popular (1978), La revolución historiográfica francesa (1990), Hablar y Callar (1996).
Peter Burke es experto en Historia cultural. Pero, ¿qué es la Historia cultural? [1] Se trata de una corriente historiográfica que alcanza mayor relevancia a partir de los años 80 del siglo XX, sobre todo en países como Inglaterra, Estados Unidos y Francia. Se caracteriza por el uso combinado de los métodos antropológico e histórico para el estudio e interpretación de las tradiciones de la cultura popular; centrándose en temas concretos como la historia de las mentalidades, de las costumbres, de la vida cotidiana. Grandes exponentes de esta corriente son también los historiadores Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton o el español Joan Lluís Palos.
«Formas de hacer historia» consta de siete capítulos escritos por distintos historiadores. El primero de ellos corresponde a Peter Burke, que es además el editor del libro (publicado en 1991); está considerado uno de los principales exponentes en el campo y estudio de la Historia cultural y es especialista en el periodo que abarca la Edad Moderna. Jim Sharpe, el autor del segundo capítulo, es Senior Lecturer de Historia en la York University y Giovanni Levi es catedrático de Historia de la Universidad de Venecia. Cuatro capítulos más completan la obra, pero me gustaría destacar tres de ellos:
«Obertura: la nueva historia, su pasado y su futuro», de Peter Burke
«Historia desde abajo», de Jim Sharpe
«Sobre microhistoria», de Giovanni Levi
Los capítulos citados pueden clasificarse como de divulgación científica (histórica, artística, antropológica) y merecen la gran atención que se les ha prestado desde su primera publicación.
A este respecto, hay publicados dos libros sobre Historiografía también interesantes y muy al hilo de este:
«Repensar la Historia», de Keith Jenkins (Trad.: Jesús Izquierdo / Siglo XXI, 2009)
«La pobreza de Clío», de Francesco Boldizzoni (Trad.: Luis Noriega / Planeta, 2013)
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[1] Preocupación por retratar una época determinada desde el“canon” de las obras maestras (arte, literatura, filosofía, ciencia, etcétera), producidas por la sociedad estudiada (vid. BURKE, Peter ¿Qué es la historia cultural? Ed. Paidós. Barcelona, 2006)
Los estudios históricos tienen relativo valor en España, poco dado a reconocer la riqueza que atesoran las ciencias humanas. No piensan así los británicos, quienes han sabido mantenerse en la élite cultural mundial, alumbrando, además, a los más brillantes historiadores. Uno de los más destacados de la actualidad, Peter Burke (1937), es profesor de historia cultural en la Universidad de Cambridge y miembro del Emmanuel College. Ha publicado numerosos libros y artículos, traducidos en más de veinte lenguas, entre ellos La cultura popular (1978), La revolución historiográfica francesa (1990), Hablar y Callar (1996).
Peter Burke es experto en Historia cultural. Pero, ¿qué es la Historia cultural? [1] Se trata de una corriente historiográfica que alcanza mayor relevancia a partir de los años 80 del siglo XX, sobre todo en países como Inglaterra, Estados Unidos y Francia. Se caracteriza por el uso combinado de los métodos antropológico e histórico para el estudio e interpretación de las tradiciones de la cultura popular; centrándose en temas concretos como la historia de las mentalidades, de las costumbres, de la vida cotidiana. Grandes exponentes de esta corriente son también los historiadores Roger Chartier, Robert Darnton o el español Joan Lluís Palos.
«Formas de hacer historia» consta de siete capítulos escritos por distintos historiadores. El primero de ellos corresponde a Peter Burke, que es además el editor del libro (publicado en 1991); está considerado uno de los principales exponentes en el campo y estudio de la Historia cultural y es especialista en el periodo que abarca la Edad Moderna. Jim Sharpe, el autor del segundo capítulo, es Senior Lecturer de Historia en la York University y Giovanni Levi es catedrático de Historia de la Universidad de Venecia. Cuatro capítulos más completan la obra, pero me gustaría destacar tres de ellos:
«Obertura: la nueva historia, su pasado y su futuro», de Peter Burke
«Historia desde abajo», de Jim Sharpe
«Sobre microhistoria», de Giovanni Levi
Los capítulos citados pueden clasificarse como de divulgación científica (histórica, artística, antropológica) y merecen la gran atención que se les ha prestado desde su primera publicación.
A este respecto, hay publicados dos libros sobre Historiografía también interesantes y muy al hilo de este:
«Repensar la Historia», de Keith Jenkins (Trad.: Jesús Izquierdo / Siglo XXI, 2009)
«La pobreza de Clío», de Francesco Boldizzoni (Trad.: Luis Noriega / Planeta, 2013)
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[1] Preocupación por retratar una época determinada desde el“canon” de las obras maestras (arte, literatura, filosofía, ciencia, etcétera), producidas por la sociedad estudiada (vid. BURKE, Peter ¿Qué es la historia cultural? Ed. Paidós. Barcelona, 2006)
December 1, 2012
This is a good collection of essays for people who want to get a good grasp on different ways of approaching historical study. Some of the essays are better than others, but overall it offers up a relatively readable and engaging look at historiography (not an easy task). I would slightly recommend it over Historiography in the Twentieth Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge as a textbook. In my historiography class, we used the two of them in tandem, and that tended to work out pretty well - they balance each other nicely.
March 2, 2015
As a collection of writings the quality of the essays varied. Over all a good introduction to different disciplines, though some parts were more tedious than others. I enjoyed the editors take on History from below, while e.g. the chapter on women's history seemed more centered towards history of feminism and did not provide examples in the same way.
I also felt that the essays were consequtive monologs rather than discussing with each other. The chapters on microhistory and history fron below could have collaborated more, in my opinion, as they are both adressing the same phenomenon (both aim to complement to traditional subject centered history).
I also felt that the essays were consequtive monologs rather than discussing with each other. The chapters on microhistory and history fron below could have collaborated more, in my opinion, as they are both adressing the same phenomenon (both aim to complement to traditional subject centered history).
March 31, 2013
sobre lo que significa hacer historia hoy. Más que una historia basada en hitos o personas sino que una historia basada en acontecimientos más cotidianos, por ejemplo, como la historia de la Infancia, de la mujer, del vestuario.
Se puede dar a leer algunos capítulos a alumnos de segundo ciclo.
Se puede dar a leer algunos capítulos a alumnos de segundo ciclo.
April 19, 2013
الكتاب محتاج متخصص لانه يحتوى على مجموعة من المقالات للمتخصصين فى 12 فرع من فروع التاريخ والعلوم المكونة له عند الكتابة التاريخية ، يحتاج الكتاب الى قراءة الكثير عن 12 فرع او "عنصر " لفهم الكتاب جيداً ، لكنه دون شك يحتاج الى قراءة متأنية وتركيز وبحث عن مراجع ومقالات مساعدة لفهم الكتاب
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August 27, 2020
ممتاز، عرض رائع..
شكرًا المركز القومى للترجمة على ترجمة الكُتب العظيمة دي.
شكرًا المركز القومى للترجمة على ترجمة الكُتب العظيمة دي.
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