Carlo Ginzburg’s brilliant and timely new essay collection takes a bold stand against naive positivism and allegedly sophisticated neo-skepticism. It looks deeply into questions raised by decades of post-structuralism: What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapp Carlo Ginzburg’s brilliant and timely new essay collection takes a bold stand against naive positivism and allegedly sophisticated neo-skepticism. It looks deeply into questions raised by decades of post-structuralism: What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapple with the historical conventions that inform, in different ways, all written documents? In his answers, Ginzburg peels away layers of subsequent readings and interpretations that envelop every text to make a larger argument about history and fiction. Interwoven with compelling autobiographical references, Threads and Traces bears moving witness to Ginzburg’s life as a European Jew, the abiding strength of his scholarship, and his deep engagement with the historian’s craft.
Threads and Traces: True False Fictive
Carlo Ginzburg’s brilliant and timely new essay collection takes a bold stand against naive positivism and allegedly sophisticated neo-skepticism. It looks deeply into questions raised by decades of post-structuralism: What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapp Carlo Ginzburg’s brilliant and timely new essay collection takes a bold stand against naive positivism and allegedly sophisticated neo-skepticism. It looks deeply into questions raised by decades of post-structuralism: What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapple with the historical conventions that inform, in different ways, all written documents? In his answers, Ginzburg peels away layers of subsequent readings and interpretations that envelop every text to make a larger argument about history and fiction. Interwoven with compelling autobiographical references, Threads and Traces bears moving witness to Ginzburg’s life as a European Jew, the abiding strength of his scholarship, and his deep engagement with the historian’s craft.
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El hilo y las huellas es un libro de ensayos que en un principio se sienten inconexos, pero el hilo que los une es el de hacer una crítica y repaso sobre las distintas formas de leer textos y fuentes desde el trabajo del historiador. No es un libro fácil de leer sino se tiene suficientemente conocimiento de algunos aspectos de la filosofía de la historia, por ello en mi opinión, es necesario releerlo después de adquirir más conocimiento. Gran parte del libro se trata sobre la distinción entre lo El hilo y las huellas es un libro de ensayos que en un principio se sienten inconexos, pero el hilo que los une es el de hacer una crítica y repaso sobre las distintas formas de leer textos y fuentes desde el trabajo del historiador. No es un libro fácil de leer sino se tiene suficientemente conocimiento de algunos aspectos de la filosofía de la historia, por ello en mi opinión, es necesario releerlo después de adquirir más conocimiento. Gran parte del libro se trata sobre la distinción entre lo falso y lo ficticio y como esto último tiene valor para el análisis histórico pues nos permite conocer contextos, ideas, formas de ser y ver el mundo en otro tiempo, que aunque no sean hechos, nos muestran cosas. Otra gran parte del libro pasa por la micro historia sus orígenes y distintos entendimientos, como surge como reacción a la visión macroscópica de la escuela de los anales. Es un buen libro para adentrarse dentro de los debates de las distintas corrientes históricas y contemporáneas de la historiografía, pero es un tanto árido en su prosa, quizá problema de su traducción del italiano más que del autor. En todo caso es un libro que vale la pena leerse y en mi caso releerse una vez que el proceso de aprendizaje permita sacarle más provecho.
Katie –
Threads and Traces is a collection of Carlo Ginzburg's more recent articles (most prominent here is probably "Microhistory: Two or Three Things I Know About It," but also notable are "Proofs and Possibilities, postscript to The Return of Martin Guerre" and "Just One Witness"). Ginzburg is a genius and this collection is just additional proof of that fact. If you are a poor university student (like me), you could probably cobble most of this book together with your handy library JSTOR pass, but i Threads and Traces is a collection of Carlo Ginzburg's more recent articles (most prominent here is probably "Microhistory: Two or Three Things I Know About It," but also notable are "Proofs and Possibilities, postscript to The Return of Martin Guerre" and "Just One Witness"). Ginzburg is a genius and this collection is just additional proof of that fact. If you are a poor university student (like me), you could probably cobble most of this book together with your handy library JSTOR pass, but if you need to have this book in your library for the purpose of long-term reference, then it's worth the purchase price.
Julio César –
Una colección de artículos sobre los más diversos temas de historiografía y hasta filosofía de la ciencia. ¿Cuál es la validez de las fuentes inquisitoriales? ¿Qué nos dice de un episodio el hecho de que haya un solo testimonio, o que se ponga en duda la autenticidad de un escrito? Carlo Ginzburg analiza casos puntuales de su carrera de historiador para echar luz sobre el oficio.
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