Philosophy of History. Twenty-First-Century Perspectives, ed. Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen. London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Philosophy of History is a much-needed reappraisal of the philosophy and theory of history; offering an up-to-date overview of major developments in the field, and addressing the pressing questions of where to go next in a ‘post-analytical’, ‘post-narrativist’ world.
1. A conceptual map for twenty-first-century philosophy of history Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen
Part I: Debating key concepts in philosophy of history
2. Encompassing the future Jonathan Gorman
3. Historiographical knowledge as claiming correctly Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen
4. Where the extremes meet Frank Ankersmit
5. Postmodern theory with historical intent: A deconstructive approach to the past Ethan Kleinberg
Part II: Popular history, populism and politics
6. The affective dimension: What theory of history can learn from popular history Allan Megill
7. Tales of im/mobility: Unhistorying migration Claire Norton and Mark Donnelly
8. Historical evitability: The return of the philosophy of history Aviezer Tucker
Part III: (Re)drawing the boundaries of philosophy of history
9. History and philosophy of history (HPH): A call for cooperation Herman Paul
10. The paradigm shift in the contemporary humanities and social sciences Ewa Domanska
11. More-than-human history: Philosophy of history at the time of the Anthropocene Marek Tamm and Zoltán Boldizsár Simon
12. In defence of a humanistically orientated historiography: The nature/culture distinction at the time of the Anthropocene Giuseppina D’Oro
