Marshall G. S. Hodgson

Rethinking World History

Herausgeber: Burke, Edmund

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Produktbeschreibung

Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins? This text challenges adherents of Eurocentrism and multiculturalism to rethink the roles of Europe and Islamic civilisation in world history.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Comparative World History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9780521432535
• ISBN-10: 0521432537
• Artikelnr.: 34561168

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's preface
Introduction: Marshall G. S. Hodgson and world history Edmund Burke, III
Part I. Europe in a global context: 1. The interrelations of societies in history
2. In the center of the map: nations see themselves as the hub of history
3. World history and world outlook
4. The great Western Transmutation
5. Historical method in civilizational studies
6. On doing world history
Part II. Islam in a global context: 7. The role of Islam in world history
8. Cultural patterning in Islamdom and the Occident
9. The unity of later Islamic history
10. Modernity and the Islamic heritage
Part III. The discipline of world history: 11. The objectivity of large-scale historical inquiry: its peculiar limits and requirements
12. Conditions of historical comparison among ages and regions: the limitations of their validity
13. Interregional studies as integrating the historical disciplines: the practical implications of an interregional orientation for scholars and for the public
Conclusion: Islamic history as world history: Marshall G. S. Hodgson and The Venture of Islam, Edmund Burke, III.