Conversations about History. Volume 3 / edited by Howard Burton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burton, Howard, 1965- editor.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow conversations ; Volume 19.

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; Volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historians--Interviews.

Historians.

Nationalism.

Patriotism.

China--Social life and customs.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Open Agenda Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

Conversations About History, Volume 3, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University;2. Karl Gerth, Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies and Professor of History at UC San Diego;3. Jennifer Michael Hecht, poet, author and historian;4. Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and emeritus Professor of International History and the former warden of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford;5. Matthew Stewart, award-winning author and independent scholar.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Textual Note

Preface

Sheathing the Bodkin

Combating Suicide

A conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht

Introduction

I. Different Hats

II. Facing the Unthinkable

III. Historical Examinations

IV. Suffering

V. Meaning and Mattering

Continuing the Conversation

The Epicurean Republic

A conversation with Matthew Stewart

I. Setting the Stage

II. Deism

III. The Power of Ideas

IV. The Pursuit of Happiness

V. The Heart of the Matter

China: Up Close and Personal

A conversation with Karl Gerth

I. Filling in the World

II. History and Demography

III. Contemporary China

IV. Environmental Issues

V. Societal Values

VI. Catastrophic Scenarios

VII. Ever Onwards

Eating One's Own

Examining Civil War

A conversation with David Armitage

I. Historical Origins

II. The Semantic Archaeologist

III. In Search of a Definition

IV. Bellum Civile

V. What Is To Be Done?

VI. Historical Relevance

VII. Oceans of Possibilities

For The Love of History

A conversation with Margaret MacMillan

I. The Historical Enterprise

II. Historical Value

III. Pride and Prejudice

IV. Professional Insights

V. Living Historically

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781771701860

1771701862

9781771701587

1771701587

OCLC:

1255227422