Evidence and Meaning - Jörn Rüsen

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Auteur(s) : Jörn Rüsen

Editeur : Berghahn Books

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/05/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 268

Expédition : 545

Dimensions : 23.5 x 15.7 x 1.9

ISBN : 9781785335389

Résumé :
Comprehensive theory of historical studies, covering the whole field of metahistory, methodology of historical research, theory of historical culture and history didactics...

Biographie:

J?rn R?sen?is Professor Emeritus of General History and Historical Culture at Witten/Herdecke University. He has also taught at the Universities of Berlin, Bochum and Bielefeld and was Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Essen. His books and articles have been translated into twenty different languages. Dr. R?sen is the Founding Editor of the Berghahn Books series?Making Sense of History.

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Sommaire:

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. What is Metahistory?

Chapter 2. The Foundation of Historical Thinking

1. How Does History come into the World?
The Elemental Forms in the Forming of Historical Meaning An Aside: Contingency and Freedom Experiencing Crisis and the Forming of Historical Meaning: A Typology

Chapter 3. History as Academic Discipline

Historical Meaning and Academic Study Method and Truth The Criteria for Truth in Historical Thinking Academia: Intercultural Validity or Culturally Specific Relativity? Disciplinary Matrix I: The Five Factor System Disciplinary Matrix II: The Schema of Five Practices Disciplinary Matrix III: The Three Levels of Forming Historical Meaning Chapter 4. A Systematic Approach: Categories, Theories, Concepts

What is the Issue? 'History' as Concept of Meaning: A Look at Content and Form Teleology and Reconstruction A Problem Unresolved: The Natural World Means of Access I: The Categorical Dimensions of the Historical Means of Access II: The Realm of Experience Revealed Means of Access III: The Realm of Interpretation Revealed Means of Access IV: The Realm of Orientation Revealed Interpretation in Context: Historical Theories Comprehending the Matter: Historical Concepts What is Historical Explanation? Chapter 5. Methodology: The Rules of the Historical Method

The Methodological Character of Historical Knowledge The Unity of the Historical Method Heuristrics Criticism Interpretation From Interpretation to Representation Chapter 6. Topics: How We Write History

The Waywardness of Writing Imagination, Fiction, Experience Orders of Historiographical Representation: The Range of Possibilities Typology of Historical Narrative I: Droysen, Nietzsche, White Typology of Historical Narrative II: Classifying the Formation of Historical Meaning into Four Types Typology of Historical Narrative III: Meaning and Rationality Chapter 7. The Basis of Historical Culture

Historical Culture as Societal Practice Historical Consciousness and Memory Five Dimensions of Historical Culture Orientation and Criticism: The Purpose of Historical Studies The Role of Value Freedom Chapter 8. Practical History: Learning, Understanding, Humanity

The Theoretical Foundation of History Didactics Standards of Historical Judgement: Understanding and Morality Politics of Memory and Historical Identity Overcoming Ethnocentrism through Historical Humanism Final Reflections: Finding Reason Between Meaning and Meaninglessness

Meaning and Meaninglessness Once Again: The Limitations of Science Bibliography
Index

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