5. The Reality Effect in the Writing of History: The Dynamics of Historiographical Topology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
4. Introduction: Transcendentalism and the Rise and Fall of Metaphor 1
5. 1. Six Theses on Narrativist Philosophy of History 33
6. 2. The Dilemma of Contemporary Anglo-Saxon Philosophy of History 44
7. 3. The Use of Language in the Writing of History 75
8. 4. Historical Representation 97
9. 5. The Reality Effect in the Writing of History: The Dynamics of Historiographical Topology 125
10. 6. Historiography and Postmodernism 162
11. 7. Historism and Postmodernism: A Phenomenology of Historical Experience 182
12. Index 239