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- catalog abstract "In Objectivity Is Not Neutrality, Haskell argues for a moderate historicism that acknowledges the force of perspective and reaffirms the pluralistic practices of a liberal democratic society - even while upholding time-honored distinctions between fact and fiction, scholarship and propaganda, right and might. Rather than simply telling stories of events or delivering the historian's familiar "report from the archives," Haskell address questions that will interest philosophers and literary theorists no less than historians. In this book terms such as moral obligation, convention, interest, and formalism take on a new and sometimes troubling significance. Haskell explores topics ranging from the productivity of slave labor to the cultural concomitants of capitalism, from John Stuart Mill's youthful "mental crisis" to the cognitive preconditions that set the stage for antislavery and other humanitarian reforms after 1750. He traces the surprisingly short history of the word responsibility, which turns out to be no older than the United States. And he asks whether the epistemological radicalism of recent years carries the power to justify human rights - rights of academic freedom, for example, or the right not to be tortured.".
- catalog contributor b10341385.
- catalog coverage "United States Historiography.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Haskell explores topics ranging from the productivity of slave labor to the cultural concomitants of capitalism, from John Stuart Mill's youthful "mental crisis" to the cognitive preconditions that set the stage for antislavery and other humanitarian reforms after 1750. He traces the surprisingly short history of the word responsibility, which turns out to be no older than the United States. And he asks whether the epistemological radicalism of recent years carries the power to justify human rights - rights of academic freedom, for example, or the right not to be tortured.".
- catalog description "In Objectivity Is Not Neutrality, Haskell argues for a moderate historicism that acknowledges the force of perspective and reaffirms the pluralistic practices of a liberal democratic society - even while upholding time-honored distinctions between fact and fiction, scholarship and propaganda, right and might. Rather than simply telling stories of events or delivering the historian's familiar "report from the archives," Haskell address questions that will interest philosophers and literary theorists no less than historians. In this book terms such as moral obligation, convention, interest, and formalism take on a new and sometimes troubling significance.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-415) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: History, Explanatory Schemes, and Other Wonders of Common Sense -- pt. 1. Slavery and the Profession of History. 1. Were Slaves More Efficient? Some Doubts about Time on the Cross. 2. The True & Tragical History of Time on the Cross -- pt. 2. Objectivity and Its Institutional Setting. 3. Power to the Experts: A Review of Burton Bledstein's Culture of Professionalism. 4. Professionalism versus Capitalism: Tawney, Durkheim, and C.S. Peirce on the Disinterestedness of Professional Communities. 5. The Curious Persistence of Rights Talk in the Age of Interpretation. 6. Objectivity Is Not Neutrality: Rhetoric versus Practice in Peter Novick's That Noble Dream. 7. Justifying Academic Freedom in the Era of Power/Knowledge.".
- catalog extent "viii, 426 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Objectivity is not neutrality.".
- catalog identifier "0801856817 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Objectivity is not neutrality.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Objectivity is not neutrality.".
- catalog spatial "United States Historiography.".
- catalog subject "973/.072 21".
- catalog subject "E175 .H38 1998".
- catalog subject "Objectivity.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: History, Explanatory Schemes, and Other Wonders of Common Sense -- pt. 1. Slavery and the Profession of History. 1. Were Slaves More Efficient? Some Doubts about Time on the Cross. 2. The True & Tragical History of Time on the Cross -- pt. 2. Objectivity and Its Institutional Setting. 3. Power to the Experts: A Review of Burton Bledstein's Culture of Professionalism. 4. Professionalism versus Capitalism: Tawney, Durkheim, and C.S. Peirce on the Disinterestedness of Professional Communities. 5. The Curious Persistence of Rights Talk in the Age of Interpretation. 6. Objectivity Is Not Neutrality: Rhetoric versus Practice in Peter Novick's That Noble Dream. 7. Justifying Academic Freedom in the Era of Power/Knowledge.".
- catalog title "Objectivity is not neutrality : explanatory schemes in history / Thomas L. Haskell.".
- catalog type "text".