Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, and Ideology : : Chinese Historiography and Historical Culture from a New Comparative Perspective / / edited by Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Achim Mittag, Jörn Rüsen.

• Superior document: Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography ; 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Mittag, Achim,; Rüsen, Jörn,; Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Leiden Series in Comparative Historiography ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (515 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of the third and last meeting of the conference series "Chinese historiography and historical culture from a comparative perspective" held Oct. 4-6, 2001, at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
• Other title: Chinese Historiography and Historical Culture from a New Comparative Perspective
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1280867566; 9786610867561; 1429452684; 9047406915; 1433704064
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, Achim Mittag, Jörn Rüsen.

Three issues essential to our insight into the concept and function of historical consciousness, and the description thereof, form the core of this book: historical truth, historical comment and criticism, and ideology (including the historian's trustworthiness). Taking as a point of departure the workings of these concepts in Chinese historical thinking, the volume carefully draws comparisons with similar topics in the Western tradition. It thus advocates and shows a truly comparative approach that sets the stage for an intercultural dialogue on this important subject. The first comprehensive work on the political and cognitive dimensions of Chinese historical consciousness set against its Western counterpart.