TY - BOOK AU - edited by Rusen, Jorn TI - Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate SN - 1571817816 (alk. paper) U1 - 901 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Berghahn Books KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - Civilization, Western KW - Methodology KW - Historiography KW - Africa KW - Civilization KW - Asia N1 - 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 ER -