Format:
Online-Ressource (534 p.)
ISBN:
9780631217145
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History Ser.
Content:
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
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cultural History of Historical Thought; 1 Historiography in Ancient Israel; 2 Historical Thought in Ancient Greece; 3 Historical Thought in Ancient Rome; 4 Historical Thought in Medieval Europe; 5 Historical Thought in the Renaissance; 6 Historical Thought in the Era of the Enlightenment; 7 German Historical Thought in the Age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel; 8 German Historical Writing from Ranke to Weber: The Primacy of Politics; 9 National History in the Age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft; 10 Marxism and Historical Thought
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11 The Professionalization of Historical Studies and the Guiding Assumptions of Modern Historical Thought12 The History of Armed Power; 13 Total History and Microhistory: The French and Italian Paradigms; 14 Anthropology and the History of Culture; 15 The History of Science, Or, an Oxymoronic Theory of Relativistic Objectivity; 16 Language, Literary Studies, and Historical Thought; 17 Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Historical Thought; 18 Redefining Historical Identities: Sexuality, Gender, and the Self; 19 Historicizing Natural Environments: The Deep Roots of Environmental History
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20 The New World History21 Postcolonial History; 22 The Multicultural History of Nations; 23 New Technologies and Historical Knowledge; 24 The Visual Media and Historical Knowledge; Consolidated Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780585470931
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780631217145
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A Companion to Western Historical Thought
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
