Meaning and Representation in History / / ed. by Jörn Rüsen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ankersmit, Frank R.,; Assmann, Aleida,; Barasch, Moshe,; Carr, David,; Cavalli, Alessandro,; Dux, Günter,; Galtung, Johan,; Hoffmann, Detlef,; Lämmert, Eberhard,; Ricoeur, Paul,; Rüsen, Jörn,; Stückrath, Jörn,; Young, James E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rüsen, Jörn,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Making Sense of History ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)

History has always been more than just the past. It involves a relationship between past and present, perceived, on the one hand, as a temporal chain of events and, on the other, symbolically as an interpretation that gives meaning to these events through varying cultural orientations, charging it with norms and values, hopes and fears. And it is memory that links the present to the past and therefore has to be seen as the most fundamental procedure of the human mind that constitutes history: memory and historical thinking are the door of the human mind to experience. At the same time, it transforms the past into a meaningful and sense bearing part of the present and beyond. It is these complex interrelationships that are the focus of the contributors to this volume, among them such distinguished scholars as Paul Ricoeur, Johan Galtung, Eberhard Lämmert, and James E. Young. Full of profound insights into human society pat and present it is a book that not only historians but also philosophers and social scientists should engage with.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the Series -- Introduction: What does “Making sense of history” mean? -- Part I: Meaning -- Chapter 1: Memory—Forgetting—History -- Chapter 2: How Meaning Came into the World and What Became of It -- Chapter 3: Sense of History: What does it mean? -- Chapter 4: “The Meaning of History” A Modern Construction and Notion? -- Chapter 5: The Meanings of History -- Chapter 6: The Three Levels of “Sinnbildung” in Historical Writing -- Chapter 7: The Reality of History -- Chapter 8: Language and Historical Experience -- Part II: Representation -- Chapter 9: Flights from History -- Chapter 10: Memory and Identity -- Chapter 11: The Material Presence of the Past -- Chapter 12: Ruins: A Visual Expression of Historical Meaning -- Chapter 13: Three Versions of Wallenstein -- Chapter 14: The Arts of Jewish Memory in a Postmodern Age -- Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index of Names