TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rüsen,Jörn
TI  - Evidence and Meaning: A Theory of Historical Studies 
T2  - Making Sense of History
SN  - 9781785335389
AV  - D13 .R865513 2017
U1  - 901 
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Historiography
KW  - History - Methodology
KW  - History
KW  - Methodology
KW  - HISTORY / Historiography
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - clear and economical
KW  - cognitive discipline and cultural practice
KW  - cultural studies
KW  - historiography
KW  - history
KW  - intricate model of historical thinking
KW  - naive empiricism nor radical relativism
KW  - narrative theory
KW  - philosophy
KW  - social sciences
KW  - surveys changes in historical profession
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Preface --; Introduction --; CHAPTER 1 What is Metahistory? --; CHAPTER 2 The Foundations of Historical Thinking --; CHAPTER 3 History as Academic Discipline --; CHAPTER 4 A Systematic Approach: Categories, Theories, Concepts --; CHAPTER 5 Methodology: The Rules of the Historical Method --; CHAPTER 6 Topics: How We Write History --; CHAPTER 7 The Basis of Historical Culture --; CHAPTER 8 Practical History: Learning, Understanding, Humanity --; Final Reflections: Finding Reason between Meaning and Meaninglessness --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - As one of the premier historical thinkers of his generation, Jörn Rüsen has made enormous contributions to the methods and theoretical framework of history as it is practiced today. In Evidence and Meaning, Rüsen surveys the seismic changes that have shaped the historical profession over the last half-century, while offering a clear, economical account of his theory of history. To traditional historiography Rüsen brings theoretical insights from philosophy, narrative theory, cultural studies, and the social sciences, developing an intricate but robust model of “historical thinking” as both a cognitive discipline and a cultural practice—one that is susceptible neither to naïve empiricism nor radical relativism
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785335396?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785335396
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781785335396/original
ER  -