History from Below
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Edited by:
Brigitta Bernet
About this book
What we know as history from below has long been considered a more democratic form of history-writing and research than forms of history that have counted, sometimes by default, as elite, and therefore by implication elitist. But history from below also has a tendency towards populism: an emphasis on authenticity, on voices uncontaminated by elite narratives, and a focus on the indigenous. Apart from its having a long-standing problem of finding sources to ‘give voice’ to the underrepresented, the question as to who can write about (and therefore represent) the people below, and a possible focus, in consequence, on themes of blood, soil, and the Volk.
This volume explores, over nine essays and an introductory thematic essay, these tensions and dichotomies. The purpose is to bring to the foreground a long-standing danger of celebrating voices from below, perhaps uncritically at times, and therefore also of a romanticisation of those voices.
Author / Editor information
Brigitta Bernet, Zürich; Lutz Raphael, Trier; Benjamin Zachariah, Potsdam.
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Part One: History from Below: Reflexions on a Global Phenomenon
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Part Two: National and Regional Varieties
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Part Three: Case Studies
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