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9780585470931

A Companion to Western Historical Thought

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  • ISBN13:

    9780585470931

  • ISBN10:

    0585470936

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Cultural History of Historical Thought
The Pre-Modern Origins of Western Historical Thought
Historiography in Ancient Israel
Historical Thought in Ancient Greece
Historical Thought in Ancient Rome
Historical Thought in Medieval Europe
Historical Thought in the Renaissance
The Shaping of Modern Western Historical Thought
Historical Thought in the Era of Enlightenment
German Historical Thought in the Age of Herder, Kant, and Hegel
Historical Thought from Ranke to Weber: The Primacy of Politics
National History in the Age of Michelet, Macaulay, and Bancroft
Marxism and Historical Thought: Walter LAdamson (Emory University
Patterns in Twentieth-Century Western Historical Thought
The Professionalization of Historical Studies and the Guiding Assumptions of Modern Historical Thought
The History of Armed Power
Total History and Microhistory: The French and Italian Paradigms
Anthropology and the History of Culture
The History of Science, or, An Oxymoronic Theory of Relativistic Objectivity
Language, Literary Studies and Historical Thought
Psychology: Psychoanalysis, and Historical Thought
Redefining Historical Identities: Sexuality, Gender and the Self
Historicizing Natural Environments: The Deep Roots of Environmental History
Challenges to the Boundaries of Western Historical Thought
The New World History
Postcolonial History
The Multicultural History of Nations
New Technologies and Historical Knowledge
Consolidated Bibliography
Index
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