{"product_id":"western-historical-thinking-an-intercultural-debate-9781571814548","title":"Western Historical Thinking: An Intercultural","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“... 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.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Clio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“... [an] engaging, sophisticated and scrupulous study ... a strongly recommended, introspective and thoughtful compilation which would enhance any personal or academic philosophy or history collection.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Midwest Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a strongly recommended, introspective and thoughtful compilation which would enhance any personal or academic Philosophy or History collection.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · The Bookwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface to the Series\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJörn Rüsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Historical Thinking as Intercultural Discourse\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJörn Rüsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: THESES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tWestern Historical Thinking in a Global Perspective – 10 Theses\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: COMMENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003e1. General Comments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPerspectives in Historical Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKlaus E. Müller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSearching for Common Principles: A Plea and Some Remarks on the Islamic Tradition\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTarif Khalidi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe Coherence of the West\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAziz Al-Azmeh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003e2. The Peculiarity of the West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tToward an Archaeology of Historical Thinking\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFrançois Hartog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tTrauma and Suffering: A Forgotten Source of Western Historical Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFrank R.Ankersmit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tWestern Deep Culture and Western Historical Thinking\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJohan Galtung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tWhat is Uniquely Western about the Historiography of the West in Contrast to that of China?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGeorg G. Iggers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe Westernization of World History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHayden White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003e3. The Perspective of the Others\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tWestern Historical Thinking from an Arabian Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSadik J. Al-Azm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tCognitive Historiography and Normative Historiography\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMasayuki Sato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tWestern Uniqueness? Some Counterarguments from an African Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGodfrey Muriuki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPrograms for Historians: A Western Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMamadou Diawara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003e4. The Difference of the Others\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReflections on Chinese Historical Thinking\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eYing-shih Yü\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tMust History Follow Rational Patterns of Interpretation? Critical Questions from a Chinese Perspective \u003ci\u003eThomas\u003cbr\u003e \tH.C. Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSome Reflections on Early Indian Historical Thinking\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRomila Thapar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: AFTERWORD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041420902743,"sku":"9781571814548","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571814548.jpg?v=1750950207","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/western-historical-thinking-an-intercultural-debate-9781571814548","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}