Western historical thinking : an intercultural debate / edited by Jörn Rüsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rüsen, Jörn.

Universität Bielefeld. Forschungsgruppe Historische Sinnbildung.

Series:

Making sense of history

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy.

History.

Civilization, Western.

Civilization, Asian.

Civilization.

Historiography.

Africa--Civilization--Historiography.

Africa.

History--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 206 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2002.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Contents:

Introduction: Historical Thinking as Intercultural Discourse / Jorn Rusen 1

I Theses

Western Historical Thinking in a Global Perspective - 10 Theses / Peter Burke 15

Perspectives in Historical Anthropology / Klaus E. Muller 33

Searching for Common Principles: A Plea and Some Remarks on the Islamic Tradition / Tarif Khalidi 53

The Coherence of the West / Aziz Al-Azmeh 58

2. The Peculiarity of the West

Toward an Archaeology of Historical Thinking / Francois Hartog 65

Trauma and Suffering: A Forgotten Source of Western Historical Consciousness / Frank R. Ankersmit 72

Western Deep Culture and Western Historical Thinking / Johan Galtung 85

What is Uniquely Western about the Historiography of the West in Contrast to that of China? / Georg G. Iggers 101

The Westernization of World History / Hayden White 111

3. The Perspective of the Others

Western Historical Thinking from an Arabian Perspective / Sadik J. Al-Azm 119

Cognitive Historiography and Normative Historiography / Masayuki Sato 128

Western Uniqueness? Some Counterarguments from an African Perspective / Godfrey Muriuki 142

Programs for Historians: A Western Perspective / Mamadou Diawara 148

4. The Difference of the Others

Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking / Ying-shih Yu 152

Must History Follow Rational Patterns of Interpretation? Critical Questions from a Chinese Perspective / Thomas H.C. Lee 173

Some Reflections on Early Indian Historical Thinking / Romila Thapar 178

Reply / Peter Burke 189.

Notes:

Chiefly written by members of the Forschungsgruppe Historische Sinnbildung, Universität Bielefeld.

Based in part on Westliches Geschichtsdenken (1999).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1571817816

157181454X

OCLC:

47254188