History: Narration, Interpretation, Orientation

Jörn Rüsen

Published by Berghahn Books 2005

History

Narration, Interpretation, Orientation

Jörn Rüsen

Volume 5 in the series Making Sense of History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782389675

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Without denying the importance of the postmodernist approach to the narrative form and rhetorical strategies of historiography, the author, one of Germany's most prominent cultural historians, argues here in favor of reason and methodical rationality in history. He presents a broad variety of aspects, factors and developments of historical thinking from the 18th century to the present, thus continuing, in exemplary fashion, the tradition of critical self-reflection in the humanities and looking at historical studies as an important factor of cultural orientation in practical life.

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Jörn Rüsen was Professor of Modern History at Universities Bochum and Bielefeld for many years. From 1994 to 1997 he was Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld. Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut). He specialises in theory and methodology of historical sciences, the history of historiography, intercultural aspects of historical thinking, theory of historical learning, and the history of human rights.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: How to Understand Historical Thinking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I: NARRATION
Chapter 1 Historical Narration: Foundation,Types, Reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2 Narrative Competence: The Ontogeny of Historical and Moral Consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 3 Rhetoric and Aesthetics of History: Leopold von Ranke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 4 Narrativity and Objectivity in Historical Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
II: INTERPRETATION
Chapter 5 What is Historical Theory? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 6 New History: Paradigms of Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 7 Theoretical Approaches to an Intercultural Comparison of Historiography Chapter 8 Loosening the Order of History: Modernity, Postmodernity, Memory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 8 Loosening the Order of History: Modernity, Postmodernity, Memory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
III: ORIENTATION
Chapter 9 Historical Thinking as Trauerarbeit: Burckhardt’s Answer to a Question of our Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 10 Historizing Nazi-Time: Metahistorical Reflections on the Debate Between Friedländer and Broszat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 11 Holocaust-Memory and German Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 236
Keywords: History (General)

eBook

Published: January 1, 2005
ISBN: 9781782389675