Western historical thinking :: an intercultural debate /

"What is history - a question historians have been asking themselves time and again. Does "history" as an academic discipline, as it has evolved in the West over the centuries, represent a specific mode of historical thinking that can be defined in contrast to other forms of historica...

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Corporate Author: Universität Bielefeld. Forschungsgruppe Historische Sinnbildung
Other Authors: Rüsen, Jörn (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2002.
Series:Making sense of history.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"What is history - a question historians have been asking themselves time and again. Does "history" as an academic discipline, as it has evolved in the West over the centuries, represent a specific mode of historical thinking that can be defined in contrast to other forms of historical consciousness? In this volume, Peter Burke, a prominent "Western" historian, offers ten hypotheses that attempt to constitute specifically "Western Historical Thinking." Scholars from Asia and Africa comment on his position in the light of their own ideas of the sense and meaning of historical thinking. The volume is rounded off by Peter Burke's comments on the questions and issues raised by the authors and his suggestions for the way forward towards a common ground for intercultural communication."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Chiefly written by members of the Forschungsgruppe Historische Sinnbildung, Universität Bielefeld.
Based in part on Westliches Geschichtsdenken (1999).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 206 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782389835
1782389830

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