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Performativity and the intellectual historian's re-enactment of written works. (2009)
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Tyler, C. (2009). Performativity and the intellectual historian's re-enactment of written works. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 3(2), 167-186. https://doi.org/10.1163/187226309x434858

This article develops and defends a performative conception of historical re-enactment as a fruitful method by which intellectual historians can interpret texts. Specifically, it argues that, in order to understand properly any given text, the intell... Read More about Performativity and the intellectual historian's re-enactment of written works..