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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810887703321

Titolo

Time and history : the variety of cultures / / edited by Jorn Rusen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2007

ISBN

1-282-62689-2

9786612626890

0-85745-041-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Making sense of history ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

RusenJorn

Disciplina

115

Soggetti

Time

History

Civilization, Oriental

India Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



societies.