An Old Practitioner Still in Search of the métier d'historien Response to Peer Vries, "The Prospects of Global History: Personal Reflections of an Old Believer". (19th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Antunes, Cátia
• Is Part Of: International review of social history. Volume 64:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2019-03-19
• Subjects: Social history -- Periodicals; Social history -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 306.09005
• DOI: 10.1017/S0020859019000087
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-8590

Abstract

Abstract : Peer Vries's eloquent review essay "The Prospects of Global History: Personal Reflections of an Old Believer" sees the chance to review The Prospect of Global History as an opportunity to champion Global History as a discipline and voice his concerns regarding what, in his view, have become possible abuses or deviancies in the practice of the discipline. His long-standing status as one of the founding fathers of the discipline and of its consecrated Journal of Global History places him in a position of undisputable authority as an old believer, while his far-reaching knowledge of current debates in Global and World History and his poignant views, reflected in the review essay, are trademarks of his work.