A past of possibilities : a history of what could have been /
What if history, as we know it, had run another course? Touching on alternate histories of the future and the past, or uchronias, A Past of Possibilities encourages deeper consideration of watershed moments in the course of history. Wide-ranging in scope, it examines the Boxer Rebellion in China, th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | What if history, as we know it, had run another course? Touching on alternate histories of the future and the past, or uchronias, A Past of Possibilities encourages deeper consideration of watershed moments in the course of history. Wide-ranging in scope, it examines the Boxer Rebellion in China, the 1848 revolution in France and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, and integrates science fiction, history, historiography, sociology, anthropology and film. In probing the genre of literature and history that is fascinated with hypotheticals surrounding key points in history, Quentin Deluermoz and Pierre Singaravelou reach beyond a mere reimagining of history, exploring the limits and potentials of the futures past. From the most bizarre fiction to serious scientific hypothesis, they provide a survey of the uses of counterfactual histories, methodological issues on the possible in social sciences and practical proposals for using alternate histories in research and the wider public. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in French as Pour une histoire des possibles: analyses contrefactuelles et futurs non adventus"--Colophon page. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 380 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 030022754X 9780300227543 |