Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate / edited by Jorn Rüsen

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.