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