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Контрафактуална историја као део научне дисциплине
Counterfactual History as a Part of the Legitimate Scholarly Discipline

Author(s): Čedomir Antić
Subject(s): Comparative history, History of ideas, Political history, American Literature
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Counterfactual; Alternative History; Thucydides; Livy; Isaac D’Israeli; Winston Churchill; Niall Ferguson; Catherine Gallagher; Aleksandar Nedeljković

Summary/Abstract: The emergence of the first alternative history of Serbia and the thematic issue of a literary journal devoted to counterfactual history drew attention to the necessity to analyze this phenomenon from a historiographical perspective. This paper outlines the historical and theoretical foundations of counterfactualism in European and American historiography and literature.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 249-266
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian