Hayden White’s Modernist Events

Authors

  • Luís Trindade Birkbeck College, University of London/ Instituto de História Contemporânea, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-5759

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2018.n6.22489

Keywords:

Twentieth century, figuration, historical narrative, modernism

Abstract

Hayden White’s definition of modernist events constitutes a challenge to historical representation, and in particular to twentieth-century historiography. In this short essay, we will try to follow White’s analysis, identify its shortcomings and propose a way forward, a set of directions through which this potentially decisive concept can be deployed by modern historiography.

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Published

2021-01-21

How to Cite

Trindade, L. . (2021). Hayden White’s Modernist Events. Práticas Da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past, (6), 67–75. https://doi.org/10.48487/pdh.2018.n6.22489

Issue

No. 6 (2018)

Section

Essays