Time and history : the variety of cultures / edited by Jorn Rusen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rüsen, Jörn.

Series:

Making sense of history ; v. 10.

Making sense of history ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

History.

Civilization, Oriental.

India--Civilization.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This series aims at bridging the gap between historical theory and the study of historical memory as well as western and non-western concepts, for which this volume offers a particularly good example. It explores cultural differences in conceptualizing time and history in countries such as China, Japan, and India as well as pre-modern societies.

Contents:

Title page-Time and history; Contents; Preface to the series; Introduction; Part I-Time; Ch 1-Making sense of time; Ch 2-Concepts of time in traditional cultures; Ch 3-Time, ritual, and rhythm in Dimodonko; Ch 4-Time concepts in China; Ch 5-Aspects of Zeitdenken in the inscriptions in premodern India; Ch 6-Interpretations of time in Islam; Ch 7-Constructions of time in the literature of modernity; Part II-History; Ch 8-History, culture and the quest for organism; Ch 9-Competing visions of history in internal Islamic discourse and Islamic-Weatern dialogue

Ch 10-Cultural plurality contending memories and concerns of comparative historyCh 11-Politics of historical sense generation; Ch 12-Communalism, nationalism, secularism; Ch 13-The search for scholarly identity; Ch 14-History and cultural identity; Bibliography; Notes on the contributors; Index of names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-240) and index.

ISBN:

9786612626890

9781282626898

1282626892

9780857450418

0857450417

OCLC:

645101940