History is a contemporary literature. Manifesto for the social sciences, by Ivan Jablonka

Abstract

Jablonka's text is a manifesto for the social sciences because it is a call to understand them in what is connatural to them. Research, truth, writing, are aspects that unite them with history. In this sense, the latter is not seen as a "human science" as is the case in our milieu.
The book we present is a scholarly journey through the history of history, a reflection on the literariness of history and a quasi-methodological treatise.
It is recommended not only for historians, sociologists and anthropologists, but for all those who like theoretical essays on the nature of the social sciences. Will it appeal to those who read novels? Not all, because many take up literature as a pastime. But others know that literature speaks of our reality, that there is an explanation of the world, that there is thought and an appeal to the human condition. Those who read literature in this way will find in this book by Jablonka a stimulating essay on the literary.