Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, and Ideology - Chinese Historiography and Historical Culture from a New Comparative Perspective

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Achim Mittag (Editor), Jörn Rüsen (Editor), Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2004
• EAN: 9789004142374
• ISBN: 978-90-04-14237-4
• No. of pages: 516
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 1030 g
• Series: Leiden Comparative Historiogra
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous