{"product_id":"hayden-white-herman-paul-9780745650135","title":"Hayden White","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White's thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White's core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present. Starting with White's medievalist research and youthful fascination for French existentialism, Paul shows how White became increasingly convinced that historical writing is a moral activity. He goes on to argue that the critical concepts that have secured White's fame - trope, plot, discourse, figural realism - all stem from his desire to explicate the moral claims and perceptions underlying historical writing. White emerges as a passionate thinker, a restless rebel against scientism, and a defender of existentialist humanist values.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745650139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745650135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Herman Paul","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086794109183,"sku":"9780745650135","price":72.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43833bbf-7040-4f60-bdbb-e8216f6c5682.jpg?v=1769096617","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hayden-white-herman-paul-9780745650135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}