Writing the History of the Present
Writing the History of the Present
This chapter raises the question of how one can write history of the present without preconceived commitments to a universal History. It proposes that thinking about history is only meaningful if historical agents promote novel possibilities and act toward them.
Keywords: historiography, universal history, Susan Buck-Morss, Islam, Michel Foucault, Iranian Revolution
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