Transcultural History - Theories, Methods, Sources (Paperback, 2012)

For the 21st century, the often-quoted citation 'past is prologue' reads the other way around: The global present lacks a historical narrative for the global past. Focussing on a transcultural history, this book questions the territoriality of historical concepts and offers a narrative, which aims to overcome cultural essentialism by focussing on crossing borders of all kinds. Transcultural History reflects critically on the way history is constructed, asking who formed history in the past and who succeeded in shaping what we call the master narrative. Although trained European historians, the authors aim to present a useful approach to global history, showing first of all how a Eurocentric but universal historiography removed or essentialised certain topics in Asian history. As an empirical discipline, history is based on source material, analysed according to rules resulting from a strong methodological background. This book accesses the global past after World War I, looking at the well known stage of the Paris Peace Conferences, observing the multiplication of new borders and the variety of transgressing institutions, concepts, actors, men and women inventing themselves as global subjects, but sharing a bitter experience with almost all local societies at this time, namely the awareness of having relatives buried in far distant places due to globalised wars.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Madeleine Herren • Martin Ruesch • Christiane Sibille
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	174
Edition:	2012
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-19195-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-19195-9
Barcode:	9783642191954

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!