Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate / edited by Jorn Rüsen
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Berghahn Books, 2002Description: xiii, 206 p.; 24 cmISBN: 1571817816 (alk. paper); 157181454X (pbk.)Subject(s): History -- Philosophy | Civilization, Western | History -- Methodology | Historiography | Africa -- Civilization -- Historiography | Asia -- Civilization -- HistoriographyDDC classification: 901Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Chiefly written by members of the Forschungsgruppe Historische Sinnbildung, Universität Bielefeld.
Based in part on Westliches Geschichtsdenken (1999).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the Series / Jorn Rusen -- Introduction: Historical Thinking as Intercultural Discourse / Jorn Rusen -- Western Historical Thinking in a Global Perspective - 10 Theses / Peter Burke -- Perspectives in Historical Anthropology / Klaus E. Muller -- Searching for Common Principles: A Plea and Some Remarks on the Islamic Tradition / Tarif Khalidi -- The Coherence of the West / Aziz Al-Azmeh -- Toward an Archaeology of Historical Thinking / Francois Hartog -- Trauma and Suffering: A Forgotten Source of Western Historical Consciousness / Frank R. Ankersmit -- Western Deep Culture and Western Historical Thinking / Johan Galtung -- What is Uniquely Western about the Historiography of the West in Contrast to that of China? / George G. Iggers -- The Westernization of World History / Hayden White -- Western Historical Thinking from an Arabian Perspective / Sadik J. Al-Azm -- Cognitive Historiography and Normative Historiography / Masayuki Sato --
Western Uniqueness? Some Counterarguments from an African Perspective / Godfrey Muriuki -- Programs for Historians: A Western Perspective / Mamadou Diawara -- Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking / Ying-shih Yu -- Must History Follow Rational Patterns of Interpretation? Critical Questions from a Chinese Perspective / Thomas H. C. Lee -- Some Reflections on Early Indian Historical Thinking / Romila Thapar -- Reply / Peter Burke.
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