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Titolo |
Time and history : the variety of cultures / / edited by Jorn Rusen |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-62689-2 |
9786612626890 |
0-85745-041-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Collana |
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Making sense of history ; ; v. 10 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Time |
History |
Civilization, Oriental |
India Civilization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page-Time and history; Contents; Preface to the series; Introduction; Part I-Time; Ch 1-Making sense of time; Ch 2-Concepts of time in traditional cultures; Ch 3-Time, ritual, and rhythm in Dimodonko; Ch 4-Time concepts in China; Ch 5-Aspects of Zeitdenken in the inscriptions in premodern India; Ch 6-Interpretations of time in Islam; Ch 7-Constructions of time in the literature of modernity; Part II-History; Ch 8-History, culture and the quest for organism; Ch 9-Competing visions of history in internal Islamic discourse and Islamic-Weatern dialogue |
Ch 10-Cultural plurality contending memories and concerns of comparative historyCh 11-Politics of historical sense generation; Ch 12-Communalism, nationalism, secularism; Ch 13-The search for scholarly identity; Ch 14-History and cultural identity; Bibliography; Notes on the contributors; Index of names |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This series aims at bridging the gap between historical theory and the study of historical memory as well as western and non-western concepts, for which this volume offers a particularly good example. It explores cultural differences in conceptualizing time and history in countries such as China, Japan, and India as well as pre-modern |
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