Time and History The Variety of Cultures [Hardcover]

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.

Preface to the Series
J?rn R?sen

Introduction
J?rn R?sen

PART I: TIME

Chapter 1.Making Sense of Time: Toward a Universal Typology of Conceptual Foundations of Historical Consciousness
J?rn R?sen

Chapter 2.Concepts of Time in Traditional Cultures
Klaus E. M?ller

Chapter 3.Time, Ritual, and Rhythm in Dimodonko
Fritz W. Kramer

Chapter 4.Time Concepts in China
Achim Mittag

Chapter 5.Aspects of Zeitdenken in the Inscriptions in Premodern India
Georg Berkemer

Chapter 6.Interpretations of Time in Islam
Otfried Weintritt

Chapter 7.Constructions of Time in the Literature of Modernity
Harro M?ller

PART II: HISTORY

Chapter 8.History, Culture, and the Quest for Organism
Aziz Al-Azmeh

Chapter 9.Competing Visions of History in Internal Islamic Discourse and Islamic-Western Dialogue
Abdullahi A. An-Naim

Chapter 10.Cultural Plurality Contending Memories and Concerns of Comparative History: Historiography and Pedagogy in Contemporary India
B. D. Chattopadhyaya

Chapter 11.Politics of Historical Sense Generation
D. L. Sheth

Chapter 12.Communalism, Nationalism, Secularism: Historical Thinking in India and the Problem of Cultural Diversity
Michael Gottlob

Chapter 13.The Search for Scholarly IdentityRenaming the Field of History in Late Nineteenth-Century Japan
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