Meaning and Representation in History

Published by Berghahn Books 2006

Meaning and Representation in History

Edited by: Jörn Rüsen

Volume 7 in the series Making Sense of History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857455550

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About this book

History has always been more than just the past. It involves a relationship between past and present, perceived, on the one hand, as a temporal chain of events and, on the other, symbolically as an interpretation that gives meaning to these events through varying cultural orientations, charging it with norms and values, hopes and fears. And it is memory that links the present to the past and therefore has to be seen as the most fundamental procedure of the human mind that constitutes history: memory and historical thinking are the door of the human mind to experience. At the same time, it transforms the past into a meaningful and sense bearing part of the present and beyond. It is these complex interrelationships that are the focus of the contributors to this volume, among them such distinguished scholars as Paul Ricoeur, Johan Galtung, Eberhard Lämmert, and James E. Young. Full of profound insights into human society pat and present it is a book that not only historians but also philosophers and social scientists should engage with.

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 Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF). Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut), Essen.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface to the Series Jörn Rüsen Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: What does “Making sense of history” mean? Jörn Rüsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Meaning
Chapter 1: Memory—Forgetting—History Paul Ricoeur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2: How Meaning Came into the World and What Became of It Günter Dux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Chapter 3: Sense of History: What does it mean? With an Outlook onto Reason and Senselessness Jörn Rüsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 4: “The Meaning of History” A Modern Construction and Notion? Jörn Stückrath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 5: The Meanings of History Enacting the Sociocultural Code Johan Galtung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 6: The Three Levels of “Sinnbildung” in Historical Writing Frank R. Ankersmit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Chapter 7: The Reality of History David Carr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 8: Language and Historical Experience Frank R. Ankersmit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Part II: Representation
Chapter 9: Flights from History Reinventing Tradition between the 18th and 20th Centuries Aleida Assmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Chapter 10: Memory and Identity How Memory Is Reconstructed after Catastrophic Events Alessandro Cavalli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Chapter 11: The Material Presence of the Past Reflections on the Visibility of History Detlef Hoffmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 12: Ruins: A Visual Expression of Historical Meaning Moshe Barasch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Chapter 13: Three Versions of Wallenstein Differences of Meaning Production between Historiography, Biography, and Novel Eberhard Lämmert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Chapter 14: The Arts of Jewish Memory in a Postmodern Age James E. Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 292
Keywords: History (General)

eBook

Published: August 1, 2006
ISBN: 9780857455550