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Western historiography in Asia : circulation, critique and comparison / edited by Q. Edward Wang, Okamoto Michihiro, li Longguo.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (656 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]
- Summary:
- This volume provides a unique and critical perspective on how Chinese, Japanese and Korean scholars engage and critique the West in their historical thinking. It showcases the dialogue between Asian experts and their Euro-American counterparts and offers valuable insights on how to challenge and overcome Eurocentrism in historical writing.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Tradition and Transformation
- On How Herodotus’ Historia Became History
- Herodotus on Persia and Its Historical Value: A Comparison of Book III of the Historiae and the Parallel Version in the Behistun Inscription
- Plutarch and His Presentation of Alexander the Great
- From “Walking” to “Sitting”: Changes in the Practices of European Historiography From Ancient to Medieval Times
- The Decline of a Tradition: The Changing Fate of George Sale’s Universal History and the Transformation of Modern European Historiography
- The Birth of Modern Historiography and B. G. Niebuhr
- Equal Emphasis on “Research” and “Representation”: A New Analysis of Leopold von Ranke’s Debut Work
- Theodor Mommsen and His Legacy in the Study of the Early Roman Empire: A Critical Review
- The French Revolution and Archives: The Formation and Transformation of Modern Archives
- “Scientific History” and Nationalistic Historiography
- Part II: Critiques and Challenges
- Interest in the Recent Past and Contemporary History in Western Historiographical Tradition
- The Return of the History of Ideas: Observations on the Evolution of Research Paradigms in the History of Ideas
- Les Lieux de Mémoire and Pierre Nora’s Writing of French National History
- The History and Politics of Les Lieux de Mémoire
- The Return of Narrative and Subjectivity: Historiography After the Linguistic Turn
- Hayden White and the Historians: A Historical Narrative in Time
- Postcolonialism and Postcolonial Historiography
- The Global Turn in the Studies of the French Revolution: Towards “Decolonizing” Revolutionary History
- Part III: Comparative Perspectives
- Dilemma and Reflection: Disenchantment with “Eurocentrism” and the Writing of World History
- Imagining West and Self in the Global Easts: On Poland and Korea
- Rethinking History at its Sunset
- National vs Global History in View: History and Historiography in Japan as a Case Study
- Japanese Perspectives on “Global History”
- The End of “Grand Narratives”: “Memory” in History and “Use” in Science
- The Development of Western Historiography as an Academic Field in China
- In Search of a Way to Form the Autonomous People: The Actuality, Social Influence, and Internationality of Historical Studies in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century in Japan
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-071749-2
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