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Western historical thinking: an intercultural debate

Jörn Rüsen c2002 © Berghahn Books
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  • 9781571817815 (hardcover)
  • 9781571814548 (paper)
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  • Methods/Theory
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface to the Series (Jörn Rüsen, page vii)
  • Introduction: Historical Thinking as Intercultural Discourse (Jörn Rüsen, page 1)
  • I: Theses
    • Western Historical Thinking in a Global Perspective - 10 Theses (Peter Burke, page 15)
  • II: Comments
    • 1. General Comments
      • Perspectives in Historical Anthropology (Klaus E. Müller, page 33)
      • Searching for Common Principles: A Plea and Some Remarks on the Islamic Tradition (Tarif Khalidi, page 53)
      • The Coherence of the West (Aziz Al-Azmeh, page 58)
    • 2. The Peculiarity of the West
      • Toward an Archaeology of Historical Thinking (François Hartog, page 65)
      • Trauma and Suffering: A Forgotten Source of Western Historical Consciousness (Frank R. Ankersmit, page 72)
      • Western Deep Culture and Western Historical Thinking (Johan Galtung, page 85)
      • What is Uniquely Western about the Historiography of the West in Contrast to that of China? (Georg G. Iggers, page 101)
      • The Westernization of World History (Hayden White, page 111)
    • 3. The Perspective of Others
      • Western Historical Thinking from an Arabian Perspective (Sadik J. Al-Azm, page 119)
      • Cognitive Historiography and Normative Historiography (Masayuki Sato, page 128)
      • Western Uniqueness? Some Counterarguments from an Africa Perspective (Godfrey Muriuki, page 142)
      • Programs for Historians: A Western Perspective (Mamadou Diawara, page 148)
    • 4. The Difference of the Others
      • Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking (Ying-shih Yü, page 152)
      • Must History Follow Rational Patterns of Interpretation? Critical Questions from a Chinese Perspective (Thomas H.C. Lee, page 173)
      • Some Reflections on Early Indian Historical Thinking (Romila Thapar, page 178)
  • III: Afterword
    • Reply (Peter Burke, page 189)
    • Notes on Contributors (page 199)
    • Index (page 203)
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