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Transcultural History
Herren Oesch, Madeleine; Ruesch, Martin; Sibille, Christiane
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Description for Transcultural History
Paperback. Focusing on a transcultural history, this volume questions the territoriality of historical concepts. Readers will find a narrative that aims to overcome cultural essentialism by an emphasis on crossing borders of all kinds. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 187 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642191954
SKU
V9783642191954
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