Suffering Historiography

by Peter J. Leithart

History-writing requires an act of suffering imagination. Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2016

Figuring History

by Peter J. Leithart

History-writing is inevitably figural. Continue Reading »

13 Aug 2014

Beautiful and Sublime in History Writing

by Peter J. Leithart

History is representation, not just reporting. And when we represent, we have options. Continue Reading »

9 Aug 2014

History from Below

by Peter J. Leithart

History from below wasn’t invented by Braudel or the Annales school. It’s ancient. Continue Reading »

7 Jun 2014

After Darwin

by John J. Reilly

The ice is beginning to crack in another section of the cold, hard surface of modernity. The part of the frozen lake that is breaking up this time is Darwinism, or at least Darwinism as a worldview with implications for culture and social policy. And as with the breaking up of Marxism and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 1995

The Myth of the Civil War

by Matthew Berke

The Civil War A film by Ken Burns Shown as a PBS television series; also available on nine VHS videocassettes (11 hours). Individual purchases from Time-Life Videos, $180. Institutional price from PBS Videos, $350. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution by James M. McPherson Oxford . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1991