The Westernization of World History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Series vii
4. Introduction: Historical Thinking as Intercultural Discourse 1
5. I: THESES
6. Western Historical Thinking in a Global Perspective – 10 Theses 15
7. II: COMMENTS
8. 1. General Comments
9. Perspectives in Historical Anthropology 33
10. Searching for Common Principles: A Plea and Some Remarks on the Islamic Tradition 53
11. The Coherence of the West 58
12. 2. The Peculiarity of the West
13. Toward an Archaeology of Historical Thinking 65
14. Trauma and Suffering: A Forgotten Source of Western Historical Consciousness 72
15. Western Deep Culture and Western Historical Thinking 85
16. What is Uniquely Western about the Historiography of the West in Contrast to that of China? 101
17. The Westernization of World History 111
18. 3. The Perspective of the Others
19. Western Historical Thinking from an Arabian Perspective 119
20. Cognitive Historiography and Normative Historiography 128
21. Western Uniqueness? Some Counterarguments from an African Perspective 142
22. Historical Programs: A Western Perspective 148
23. 4. The Difference of the Others
24. Reflections on Chinese Historical Thinking 152
25. Must History Follow Rational Patterns of Interpretation? Critical Questions from a Chinese Perspective 173
26. Some Reflections on Early Indian Historical Thinking 178
27. III: AFTERWORD
28. Reply 189
29. Notes on Contributers 199
30. Index 203