Western Historical Thinking

Western Historical ThinkingWhat is history a question historians have been asking themselves time and again. Does "history" as an academic discipline, as it has evolved in the West over the centuries, represent a specific mode of historical thinking that can bedefined in contrast to other forms of historical consciousness? In this volume, Peter Burke, a prominent "Western" historian, offers ten hypotheses that attempt to constitute specifically "Western Historical Thinking."

Comprising biographical sections by scholar Harihar Das

The monument was erected by the ruler of the Roman Empire

His analysis includes a review of civilian and military preparedness emphasizing the ongoing alliances with the world's superpowers to finally debate what are the side effects for peace and development in the Americas from the current cybersecurity rivalry between the United States and China

Explores early Palestinian Judaic traditions

and does so in a dynamic style that itself reflects the humane spirit and verve of what may well prove to be the most innovative philosophy of modern times

The inside story of one of the most successful U

and self-consciousness about genre and ideology

and alternative dispute resolution

Wedged between the East and the West--the Dragon and the Crown--Stanley Kwan's life experiences are a microcosm of the forces pulling at Hong Kong

and the continuing importance of classical or ancient authorities among writers of more recent periods

and he suggests how these teachings can be employed to conceptualize the study of world religions in a contemporary context

from 1959 to the period before ETA’s declaration of a permanent ceasefire in March 2006