{"product_id":"evidence-and-meaning-a-theory-of-historical-studies-9781789205008","title":"Evidence and Meaning: A Theory of Historical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs one of the premier historical thinkers of his generation, Jörn Rüsen has made enormous contributions to the methods and theoretical framework of history as it is practiced today. In \u003cem\u003eEvidence and Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e, Rüsen surveys the seismic changes that have shaped the historical profession over the last half-century, while offering a clear, economical account of his theory of history. To traditional historiography Rüsen brings theoretical insights from philosophy, narrative theory, cultural studies, and the social sciences, developing an intricate but robust model of “historical thinking” as both a cognitive discipline and a cultural practice—one that is susceptible neither to naïve empiricism nor radical relativism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The English translation of Jörn Rüsen’s\u003c\/em\u003e Historik \u003cem\u003eis a major event in the global community of practitioners of the philosophy, methodology, logic or, broadly speaking, theory of history. Now ideas of universal value speak the universal koine…it is hard to find in all of academia a more suitable book for introducing in an orderly manner the metatheoretical results of 150 years of debates on the nature of history.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Philosophy of History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is the late aggregate of numerous ground-breaking texts on the theory of history that Rüsen has published since the end of the 1960s. Rüsen has, in this book, pooled and consolidated many approaches to thinking about the theory of history… Reading and discussing Rüsen’s book… could be, for all history teacher students, one leg in their journeys to becoming routined teachers and something that they will gratefully remember after many years of professional practice.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Public History Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Rüsen succeeds overall to fulfill the claim of a comprehensive fundamental synthesis. The openness and time-bound nature of a work should be understood as an invitation to develop further the theory of historiography. Rüsen himself has offered, and not only with this book, an important contribution.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Soz-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. What is Metahistory?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. The Foundation of Historical Thinking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHow Does History come into the World?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Elemental Forms in the Forming of Historical Meaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAn Aside: Contingency and Freedom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExperiencing Crisis and the Forming of Historical Meaning: A Typology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. History as Academic Discipline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHistorical Meaning and Academic Study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMethod and Truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Criteria for Truth in Historical Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAcademia: Intercultural Validity or Culturally Specific Relativity?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisciplinary Matrix I: The Five Factor System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisciplinary Matrix II: The Schema of Five Practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisciplinary Matrix III: The Three Levels of Forming Historical Meaning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. A Systematic Approach: Categories, Theories, Concepts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWhat is the Issue?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘History’ as Concept of Meaning: A Look at Content and Form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTeleology and Reconstruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Problem Unresolved: The Natural World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMeans of Access I: The Categorical Dimensions of the Historical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMeans of Access II: The Realm of Experience Revealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMeans of Access III: The Realm of Interpretation Revealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMeans of Access IV: The Realm of Orientation Revealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tInterpretation in Context: Historical Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tComprehending the Matter: Historical Concepts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWhat is Historical Explanation?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Methodology: The Rules of the Historical Method\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Methodological Character of Historical Knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Unity of the Historical Method\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHeuristrics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCriticism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tInterpretation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom Interpretation to Representation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Topics: How We Write History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Waywardness of Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tImagination, Fiction, Experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOrders of Historiographical Representation: The Range of Possibilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTypology of Historical Narrative I: Droysen, Nietzsche, White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTypology of Historical Narrative II: Classifying the Formation of Historical Meaning into Four Types\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTypology of Historical Narrative III: Meaning and Rationality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. The Basis of Historical Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHistorical Culture as Societal Practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tHistorical Consciousness and Memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFive Dimensions of Historical Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOrientation and Criticism: The Purpose of Historical Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Role of Value Freedom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. Practical History: Learning, Understanding, Humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Theoretical Foundation of History Didactics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStandards of Historical Judgement: Understanding and Morality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitics of Memory and Historical Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOvercoming Ethnocentrism through Historical Humanism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eFinal Reflections: Finding Reason Between Meaning and Meaninglessness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMeaning and Meaninglessness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOnce Again: The Limitations of Science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042556772695,"sku":"9781789205008","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789205008.jpg?v=1750954629","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/evidence-and-meaning-a-theory-of-historical-studies-9781789205008","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}