Time and History: The Variety of Cultures

Published by Berghahn Books 2007

Time and History

The Variety of Cultures

Edited by: Jörn Rüsen

Volume 10 in the series Making Sense of History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450418

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface to the Series Jörn Rüsen Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Jörn Rüsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I TIME
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Time: Toward a Universal Typology of Conceptual Foundations of Historical Consciousness Jörn Rüsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Chapter 2: Concepts of Time in Traditional Cultures Klaus E. Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 3: Time, Ritual, and Rhythm in Dimodonko Fritz W. Kramer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4: Time Concepts in China Achim Mittag Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Chapter 5: Aspects of Zeitdenken in the Inscriptions in Premodern India Georg Berkemer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 6: Interpretations of Time in Islam Otfried Weintritt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Chapter 7: Constructions of Time in the Literature of Modernity Harro Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Part II HISTORY
Chapter 8: History, Culture, and the Quest for Organism Aziz Al-Azmeh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 9: Competing Visions of History in Internal Islamic Discourse and Islamic-Western Dialogue Abdullahi A. An-Na’Im Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 10: Cultural Plurality Contending Memories and Concerns of Comparative History: Historiography and Pedagogy in Contemporary India B. D. Chattopadhyaya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 11: Politics of Historical Sense Generation D. L. Sheth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Chapter 12: Communalism, Nationalism, Secularism: Historical Thinking in India and the Problem of Cultural Diversity Michael Gottlob Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter 13: The Search for Scholarly Identity—Renaming the Field of History in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan Masayuki Sato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Chapter 14: History and Cultural Identity: The Case of Japan Shingo Shimada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 262
Keywords: History (General); Cultural Studies (General); Memory Studies

eBook

Published: January 1, 2008
ISBN: 9780857450418