Fortid i (g) oversættelse: Om historisk empiri i poststrukturalistisk tænkning
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This article discusses how poststructuralism changes the concept of sources in the field of history. Translating the postcolonial debate about representation of the Acultural Other@ to the question of the historian representing the Apast Other@, the article draws on Jacques Derrida's theories of translation to form a concept of historical sources as "un/original events." Such events create Ahypothetical equivalences@ in their translation of conflicting discourses. Methods emphasizing this performative aspect of sources are discussed in relation to an interpretation of sources informed by Clifford Geertz’ hermeneutic cultural history.
Original language | Danish |
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Journal | Den jyske historiker |
Issue number | 88 |
Pages (from-to) | 118-148 |
Number of pages | 30 |
ISSN | 0109-9280 |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
- Faculty of Humanities - Theory of history, historiography, the linguistic turn, historical sources
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