Time and History

The Variety of Cultures
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84545-349-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reihe: Making Sense of History

This series aims at bridging the gap between historical theory and the study of historical memory as well as western and non-western concepts, for which this volume offers a particularly good example. It explores cultural differences in conceptualizing time and history in countries such as China, Japan, and India as well as pre-modern societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rüsen, Jörn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Series

Jörn Rüsen

Introduction

Jörn Rüsen

PART I: TIME

Chapter 1. Making Sense of Time: Toward a Universal Typology of Conceptual Foundations of Historical Consciousness

Jörn Rüsen

Chapter 2. Concepts of Time in Traditional Cultures

Klaus E. Müller

Chapter 3. Time, Ritual, and Rhythm in Dimodonko

Fritz W. Kramer

Chapter 4. Time Concepts in China

Achim Mittag

Chapter 5. Aspects of Zeitdenken in the Inscriptions in Premodern India

Georg Berkemer

Chapter 6. Interpretations of Time in Islam

Otfried Weintritt

Chapter 7. Constructions of Time in the Literature of Modernity

Harro Müller

PART II: HISTORY

Chapter 8. History, Culture, and the Quest for Organism

Aziz Al-Azmeh

Chapter 9. Competing Visions of History in Internal Islamic Discourse and Islamic-Western Dialogue

Abdullahi A. An-Na’im

Chapter 10. Cultural Plurality Contending Memories and Concerns of Comparative History: Historiography and Pedagogy in Contemporary India

B. D. Chattopadhyaya

Chapter 11. Politics of Historical Sense Generation

D. L. Sheth

Chapter 12. Communalism, Nationalism, Secularism: Historical Thinking in India and the Problem of Cultural Diversity

Michael Gottlob

Chapter 13. The Search for Scholarly Identity—Renaming the Field of History in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan

Masayuki Sato

Chapter 14. History and Cultural Identity: The Case of Japan

Shingo Shimada

Bibliography

Notes on the Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rüsen, Jörn
Jörn Rüsen was Professor of Modern History at the Universities of Bochum and Bielefeld for many years. From 1994 to 1997 he was the Executive Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Study (Zif). Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Essen and Professor for General History and Historical Culture at the University of Witten-Herdecke.

Jörn Rüsen was Professor of Modern History at the Universities of Bochum and Bielefeld for many years. From 1994 to 1997 he was the Executive Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Study (Zif). Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Essen and Professor for General History and Historical Culture at the University of Witten-Herdecke.