A Companion to Western Historical Thought
Wiley-Blackwell (Hersteller)
978-0-470-99874-8 (ISBN)
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This broad survey introduces readers to the major themes, figures, traditions and theories in Western historical thought, tracing its evolution from biblical times to the present. * Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day. * Provides students with the background to contemporary historical debates and approaches. * Serves as a useful reference for researchers and teachers. * Includes chapters by 24 leading historians.
Lloyd Kramer is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His previous publications include Threshold of a New World: Intellectuals and the Exile Experience in Paris, 1830-1848 (1988), Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions (1996), and Nationalism: Political Cultures in Europe and America, 1775-1865 (1998). Sarah Maza is Jane Long Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is the author of Servants and Masters in Eighteenth-century France (1983) and Private Lives and Public Affairs: The Causes Celebres of Pre-Revolutionary France (1993).
List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Cultural History of Historical Thought. (Lloyd Kramer and Sarah). Part I: The Pre-Modern Origins of Western Historical Thought. 1. Historiography in Ancient Israel. (John Van Seters). 2. Historical Thought in Ancient Greece. (Philip A. Stadter). 3. Historical Thought in Ancient Rome. (J. E. Lendon). 4. Historical Thought in Medieval Europe. (Gabrielle M. Spiegel). 5. Historical Thought in the Renaissance. (Paula Findlen). Part II: The Shaping of Modern Western Historical Thought. 6. Historical Thought in the Era of Enlightenment. (Johnson Kent Wright). 7. German Historical Thought in the Age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel. (Harold Mah). 8. Historical Thought from Ranke to Weber: The Primacy of Politics. (Harry Liebersohn). 9. National History in the Age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft. (Thomas N. Baker). 10. Marxism and Historical Thought: Walter L. Adamson (Emory University). Part III: Patterns in Twentieth-Century Western Historical Thought. 11. The Professionalization of Historical Studies and the Guiding Assumptions of Modern Historical Thought. (Georg G. Iggers). 12. The History of Armed Power. (Peter Paret). 13. Total History and Microhistory: The French and Italian Paradigms. (David A. Bell). 14. Anthropology and the History of Culture. (William M. Reddy). 15. The History of Science, or, An Oxymoronic Theory of Relativistic Objectivity. (Ken Alder). 16. Language, Literary Studies and Historical Thought. (Susan A. Crane). 17. Psychology: Psychoanalysis, and Historical Thought. (Lynn Hunt). 18. Redefining Historical Identities: Sexuality, Gender and the Self. (Carolyn J. Dean). 19. Historicizing Natural Environments: The Deep Roots of Environmental History. (Andrew C. Isenberg). Part IV: Challenges to the Boundaries of Western Historical Thought. 20. The New World History. (Jerry H. Bently). 21. Postcolonial History. (Prasenjit Duara). 22. The Multicultural History of Nations. (Donna R. Gabbacia). 23. New Technologies and Historical Knowledge. (James M. Murray 24. The Visual Media and Historical Knowledge. (Robert A. Rosenstone). Consolidated Bibliography. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.12.2007 |
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| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 177 x 252 mm |
| Gewicht | 1068 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-99874-1 / 0470998741 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-99874-8 / 9780470998748 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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