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Meaning and Representation in History (Paperback)
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Meaning and Representation in History (Paperback)
Series: Making Sense of History
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History has always been more than just the past. It involves a
relationship between past and present, perceived, on the one hand,
as a temporal chain of events and, on the other, symbolically as an
interpretation that gives meaning to these events through varying
cultural orientations, charging it with norms and values, hopes and
fears. And it is memory that links the present to the past and
therefore has to be seen as the most fundamental procedure of the
human mind that constitutes history: memory and historical thinking
are the door of the human mind to experience. At the same time, it
transforms the past into a meaningful and sense bearing part of the
present and beyond. It is these complex interrelationships that are
the focus of the contributors to this volume, among them such
distinguished scholars as Paul Ricoeur, Johan Galtung, Eberhard
Lammert, and James E. Young. Full of profound insights into human
society pat and present it is a book that not only historians but
also philosophers and social scientists should engage with. Jorn
Rusen was Professor of Modern History at the Universities of Bochum
and Bielefeld for many years. From 1994 to 1997 he was the Director
of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF). Since 1997 he
has been President of the Institute for Advanced Study in the
Humanities (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut), Essen.
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