Tensions of Social History: Sources, Data, Actors and Models in Global Perspective

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Alessandro Stanziani (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)

Tensions of Social History

Sources, Data, Actors and Models in Global Perspective

Alessandro Stanziani (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
25 July 2024

Historiography; Social & cultural history

This book seeks to overcome the tension between ‘western’ and ‘non-western’ categories and tools in the study of global history, showing how most western approaches to the social sciences and history have developed through transnational and colonial interactions.

Offering a transnational and global history of the main tools we have to understand the word and its transformations over the last three centuries, Tensions of Social History explores the construction of archives and historical memory, the making of statistics and their use in politics, the identification of social actors, and the emergence of key social theories. Providing key insights into how to write history and develop social sciences in the global era while avoiding eurocentrism and cultural exceptionalism, this ambitious book shows how global history is made of encounters rather than confrontations between civilizations.

By: Alessandro Stanziani (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales France)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350276857
ISBN 10: 1350276855
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 25 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alessandro Stanziani is Professor of Global History at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) at PSL Research University, France. He is the author of 11 books including Eurocentricism and the Politics of Global History (2018) and After Oriental Despotism (2014).

Reviews for Tensions of Social History: Sources, Data, Actors and Models in Global Perspective

"""This is probably the best synthesis I have read of the debates in history and social sciences. In fact, it is much more than that: debates, which have been going on for centuries, are re-interpreted according to an original analysis framework centered around four axes, namely sources, data, actors and models. This social history of social history is powerful, stimulating, and eminently useful."" --Jean-Pierre Beaud, Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada"