Historical Consciousness and Practical Life (eBook)

A Theory and Methodology

Paul Zanazanian (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
376 Seiten
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-1889-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Historical Consciousness and Practical Life introduces a novel approach to examining how people construct and employ historical knowledge in their daily lives. In viewing history as an embodied cultural practice that constitutes the background to our meaning-making, the book demonstrates how researchers and others can investigate the ways in which people make sense of time's flow in their now-moment engagements with the world and use that information to position themselves regarding key social problems with historical roots.The book provides a glimpse at how humans enter historically embedded thinking problems, seeking to resolve them. Paul Zanazanian draws on a study of the community leaders of English-speaking Quebec to illustrate the practical life methodology s workings. In looking at their different uses of history for strengthening their group s vitality in the province, he identifies five key stances these leaders employ for positioning their sense of purpose and responsibility for securing English-speaking Quebec s future. Ultimately, Historical Consciousness and Practical Life argues that community leaders who complicate and problematize their uses of history are the best positioned to make positive transformations for their group.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• ISBN-10: 1-4875-1889-7 / 1487518897
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4875-1889-9 / 9781487518899