Western Historical Thinking: An Intercultural Debate: 1 (Making Sense of History, 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157181454X ISBN 13: 9781571814548

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2002

Synopsis

What is history - a question historians have been asking themselves time and again. Does "history" as an academic discipline, as it has evolved in the West over the centuries, represent a specific mode of historical thinking that can bedefined in contrast to other forms of historical consciousness? In this volume, Peter Burke, a prominent "Western" historian, offers ten hypotheses that attempt to constitute specifically "Western Historical Thinking." Scholars from Asia and Africa comment on his position in the light of their own ideas of the sense and meaning of historical thinking. The volume is rounded off by Peter Burke's comments on the questions and issues raised by the authors and his suggestions for the way forward towards a common ground for intercultural communication.

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Review:

..". a remarkably stimulating production, full of insights and observations that cannot fail to inform and illuminate. Although it would be an ideal text for the graduate seminar, it will prove valuable to anyone interested in the uses of the past." - Clio

..". [an] engaging, sophisticated and scrupulous study ... a strongly recommended, introspective and thoughtful compilation which would enhance any personal or academic philosophy or history collection." - Midwest Book Review

..". a strongly recommended, introspective and thoughtful compilation which would enhance any personal or academic Philosophy or History collection." - The Bookwatch

About the Author:

Jorn Rusen was Professor of Modern History at the Universities of Bochum and Bielefeld for many years. From 1994 to 1997 he was the Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF). Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Cultural Studies in Essen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 157181454X
• ISBN 13: 9781571814548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Rüsen Jörn