| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 489 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Leiden series in comparative historiography,
1574-4493 ;
v. 1
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Leiden series in comparative historiography ; v. 1.
1574-4493
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| Note |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface (Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer); List of Contributors; Religious Claims of Truth versus Critical Method -- Some General Remarks on a Complex Relationship in Western Tradition (Petra Bahr); Language Change in Premodern China -- Notes on Its Perception and Its Impact on the Idea of a "Constant Way" (Wolfgang Behr); Poetry and Religion: The Representation of "Truth" in Early Chinese Historiography (Martin Kern); Normativity and History in Warring States Thought. The Shift towards the Anthropological Paradigm (Heiner Roetz); Truth Claims in Shiji (Stephen Durrant). |
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Why has the Question of Truth Remained an Open Question Throughout Chinese History? (Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer)Criteria of Historical Judgment (Jörn Rüsen); Some Notions of Historical Judgment in China and the West (Kai Vogelsang); Platitude and Persona: Junzi Comments in Zuozhuan and Beyond (David Schaberg); Speeches and the Question of Authenticity in Ancient Chinese Historical Records (Yuri Pines); The Past as a Messianic Vision: Histor. |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive work on the political and cognitive dimensions of Chinese historical consciousness set against its Western counterpart. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Historiography -- Congresses.
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Historiography. |
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Historiography -- China -- Congresses.
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China. |
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History -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
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History -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig.
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Mittag, Achim, 1958-
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Rüsen, Jörn.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Historical truth historical criticism and ideology. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 9004142371 9789004142374 (DLC) 2005272793 (OCoLC)60312188 |
| ISBN |
9781429452687 (electronic book) |
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1429452684 (electronic book) |
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9781433704062 (electronic book) |
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1433704064 (electronic book) |
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