History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-II)
Who, in his work 'History and Tropology', generally steers a middle path between historicism and postmodernism, which he considers as a radicalisation of historicism?
AJean-Francois Lyotard
BFrank Ankersmit ✓ Correct
CHayden White
DMichel Foucault
Correct answer: (B) Frank Ankersmit — It was Frank Ankersmit, so the answer is Frank Ankersmit.
Explanation
★It was Frank Ankersmit, so the answer is Frank Ankersmit.
★Frank Ankersmit, in his work History and Tropology, steers a middle path between historicism and postmodernism.
★He considered postmodernism a radicalisation of historicism.
★Frank Ankersmit is a professor of intellectual history and historical theory at the University of Groningen.
★His other works include Narrative Logic and The Reality Effect in the Writing of History.
★So the author of History and Tropology was Frank Ankersmit.
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