Description: Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative FuturesAuthor(s): Jeremy Black Format: Paperback Publisher: Indiana University Press, United States Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 9780253017048, 978-0253017048 Synopsis What if there had been no World War I or no Russian Revolution? What if Napoleon had won at Waterloo in 1815, or if Martin Luther had not nailed his complaints to the church door at Wittenberg in 1517, or if the South had won the American Civil War? The questioning of apparent certainties or "known knowns" can be fascinating and, indeed, "What if?" books are very popular. However, this speculative approach, known as counterfactualism, has had limited impact in academic histories, historiography, and the teaching of historical methods. In this book, Jeremy Black offers a short guide to the subject, one that is designed to argue its value as a tool for public and academe alike. Black focuses on the role of counterfactualism in demonstrating the part of contingency, and thus human agency, in history, and the salutary critique the approach offers to determinist accounts of past, present, and future.
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Book Title: Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
Publication Name: Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 327 g
Author: Jeremy Black
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
