HISTORY 340 - The Politics of History

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Bard College

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SRE What are the origins of history as a modern discipline? How have particular modes of history developed in relation to nationalism, imperialism, and the emergence of the modern state? How have modern historical techniques served to produce ideology, and how have these same techniques provided tools for challenging different forms of domination and the ideologies that help to perpetuate them? This course addresses these questions through theoretical readings that offer diverse perspectives on the role of narrative in history, the historian's relation to the past, and the construction of historiographical discourses. The works of Michel Foucault, Dominick LaCapra, JoanWallach Scott, Hayden White, and theorists active in the Subaltern Studies movement are discussed.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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