Western Historiography in Asia: Circulation, Critique and Comparison PDF
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WesternHistoriographyinAsia Western Historiography in Asia Circulation, Critique and Comparison Edited by Q. Edward Wang, Okamoto Michihiro and Li Longguo ISBN978-3-11-071734-1 e-ISBN(PDF)978-3-11-071749-5 e-ISBN(EPUB)978-3-11-071753-2 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2021945480 BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; DetailedbibliographicdataareavailableintheInternetathttp://dnb.dnb.de. ©2022WalterdeGruyterGmbH,Berlin/Boston Coverillustration:OldSummerPalace,Bejing,China.PhotographbyZhangMeng. Typesetting:IntegraSoftwareServicesPvt.Ltd. Printingandbinding:CPIbooksGmbH,Leck www.degruyter.com Acknowledgement Aseditors,wewouldliketoexpressourgratitudetoallthosewhohelpedthepro- ductionofthisvolume.First,wethankallthecontributorswhocompriseacross- section of scholars in different age groups. Their expertise covers the study of Westernhistoriographyindifferenthistoricalperiods. As stated in the Introduc- tion, the teaching and research of Western historiography, or the tradition and transformation of historical writing in Euro-America,has had a historyof about twocenturiesinEastAsia.Overthetimespan,thefieldhasexperiencedamarked growth, thankstothe endeavor and enthusiasmamongthose whodevotedtheir careertoit;withouttheirsupport,thisbookwillnotbemadepossible.Wearealso appreciative that through the translation and publication process, almost allthe authors patiently looked overthe translatedpieces of theiroriginal work,which helpedensurethequalityofthisbookasawhole.Second,wewouldliketothank RabeaRittgerodtandVerenaDeutsch,theacquisitionandproductioneditorsatDe Gruyter.Theformerenthusiasticallyacceptedourproposalforeditingthisvolume andhelpedsecurethecopyrightsofincludedessaysfromtheir previouspublish- ers.The latteroffered efficientprofessionalassistance insafeguardingitssmooth andspeedypublication.Third,wegreatlyappreciatethefinancialassistanceofthe DepartmentofHistoryatPekingUniversity.Itprovidedthenecessaryfundingthat helped defray both the translation and publication costsin producing this book. Last but not least, we would liketo thank the following individuals who offered various helps and supports over the past year when we worked on this project: UchidaChikara,TuHanzhang,KwonYunKyoungandJungYongSukwhohelped selectincludedJapaneseandKoreanarticles;GeraldineRichardsatTaylor&Fran- ciswhofacilitatedintheprocessforobtainingcopyrightpermission;JimDiStefano atTaylor&FranciswhohelpedproducethetranslatedChinesearticlespublished originally inthespecial issue of ChineseStudies in History; Margaret Li Seely, Ju HyunKim,CarissaFletcher,DesmondCheungwhodeliveredhigh-qualitytransla- tions; Zhang Yibo who made the index and helped proof-reading; Yang Li and Peng Xiwho assistedthe cover design and Zhang Meng who kindly grantedthe useofhisphotographyforthecover. Q.EdwardWang,OkamotoMichihiroandLiLongguo August2,2021 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110717495-202 Contents Acknowledgement V Q.EdwardWang Introduction 1 Part I:Traditionand Transformation WuXiaoqun OnHowHerodotus’HistoriaBecameHistory 33 LüHouliang HerodotusonPersiaandItsHistoricalValue:AComparisonofBookIII oftheHistoriaeandtheParallelVersionintheBehistunInscription 53 SawadaNoriko PlutarchandHisPresentationofAlexandertheGreat 81 LiLongguo From“Walking”to“Sitting”:ChangesinthePracticesofEuropean HistoriographyFromAncienttoMedievalTimes 107 ZhangYibo TheDeclineofaTradition:TheChangingFateofGeorgeSale’sUniversal HistoryandtheTransformationofModernEuropeanHistoriography 129 ChoiHo-Keun TheBirthofModernHistoriographyandB.G.Niebuhr 151 LüHeying EqualEmphasison“Research”and“Representation”:ANewAnalysis ofLeopoldvonRanke’sDebutWork 179 WangZhongxiao TheodorMommsenandHisLegacyintheStudyoftheEarlyRoman Empire:ACriticalReview 201 VIII Contents OkazakiAtsushi TheFrenchRevolutionandArchives:TheFormationandTransformation ofModernArchives 219 LimSang-Woo “ScientificHistory”andNationalisticHistoriography 237 Part II:Critiques and Challenges XuBo InterestintheRecentPastandContemporaryHistoryinWestern HistoriographicalTradition 259 LiHongtu TheReturnoftheHistoryofIdeas:ObservationsontheEvolution ofResearchParadigmsintheHistoryofIdeas 283 HuangYanhong LesLieuxdeMémoireandPierreNora’sWritingofFrenchNational History 303 NaritaRyuichi TheHistoryandPoliticsofLesLieuxdeMémoire 335 HasegawaTakahiko TheReturnofNarrativeandSubjectivity:HistoriographyAfterthe LinguisticTurn 349 HasegawaMayuho HaydenWhiteandtheHistorians:AHistoricalNarrativeinTime 367 ZhangXupeng PostcolonialismandPostcolonialHistoriography 395 KwonYunKyoung TheGlobalTurnintheStudiesoftheFrenchRevolution:Towards “Decolonizing”RevolutionaryHistory 421 Contents IX Part III:Comparative Perspectives MaKeyao DilemmaandReflection:Disenchantmentwith“Eurocentrism”andthe WritingofWorldHistory 445 LimJie-hyun ImaginingWestandSelfintheGlobalEasts:OnPolandandKorea 481 UemuraTadao RethinkingHistoryatitsSunset 509 OkamotoMichihiro NationalvsGlobalHistoryinView:HistoryandHistoriographyinJapan asaCaseStudy 533 HanedaMasashi JapanesePerspectiveson“GlobalHistory” 553 InoseKumie TheEndof“GrandNarratives”:“Memory”inHistoryand“Use” inScience 567 ZhangGuangzhi TheDevelopmentofWesternHistoriographyasanAcademicField inChina 587 OdanakaNaoki InSearchofaWaytoFormtheAutonomousPeople:TheActuality,Social Influence,andInternationalityofHistoricalStudiesintheSecondHalfof theTwentiethCenturyinJapan 611 Contributors 627 Index 635
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