Linguistic Turn in the Philosophy of History. Louis O. Mink and Hayden White

Journal title PARADIGMI
Author/s Davide Bondì
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2013/3
Language Italian Pages 27 P. 131-157 File size 136 KB
DOI 10.3280/PARA2013-003009
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In the paper, the author approaches Louis O. Mink’s and Hayden White’s theories on narrativism and states their relevance within the contemporary Anglo-Saxon theoretical debate on history. "Narrativism" does not coincide with the linguistic analysis of historiographical texts and the application of methods or a chain of procedures, but is a theory of the linguistic nature of the historical world and a program of a denaturalization of the concept of history. Mink’s and White’s critical views, although they often diverge, is to test the limits of the historical representation and to investigate the new conditions of objectivity and realism of the historical judgment.

Keywords: Mink, Narration, Representation, Realism, Sublime, White.

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Davide Bondì, La svolta linguistica in filosofia della storia. Louis O. Mink e Hayden White in "PARADIGMI" 3/2013, pp 131-157, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2013-003009