Western Historiography in Asia: Circulation, Critique and Comparison

Acknowledgement
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Tradition and Transformation
On How Herodotus’ Historia Became History
Herodotus on Persia and Its Historical Value: A Comparison of Book III of the Historiae and the Parallel Version in the Behistun Inscription
Plutarch and His Presentation of Alexander the Great
From “Walking” to “Sitting”: Changes in the Practices of European Historiography From Ancient to Medieval Times
The Decline of a Tradition: The Changing Fate of George Sale’s Universal History and the Transformation of Modern European Historiography
The Birth of Modern Historiography and B. G. Niebuhr
Equal Emphasis on “Research” and “Representation”: A New Analysis of Leopold von Ranke’s Debut Work
Theodor Mommsen and His Legacy in the Study of the Early Roman Empire: A Critical Review
The French Revolution and Archives: The Formation and Transformation of Modern Archives
“Scientific History” and Nationalistic Historiography
Part II: Critiques and Challenges
Interest in the Recent Past and Contemporary History in Western Historiographical Tradition
The Return of the History of Ideas: Observations on the Evolution of Research Paradigms in the History of Ideas
Les Lieux de Mémoire and Pierre Nora’s Writing of French National History
The History and Politics of Les Lieux de Mémoire
The Return of Narrative and Subjectivity: Historiography After the Linguistic Turn
Hayden White and the Historians: A Historical Narrative in Time
Postcolonialism and Postcolonial Historiography
The Global Turn in the Studies of the French Revolution: Towards “Decolonizing” Revolutionary History
Part III: Comparative Perspectives
Dilemma and Reflection: Disenchantment with “Eurocentrism” and the Writing of World History
Imagining West and Self in the Global Easts: On Poland and Korea
Rethinking History at its Sunset
National vs Global History in View: History and Historiography in Japan as a Case Study
Japanese Perspectives on “Global History”
The End of “Grand Narratives”: “Memory” in History and “Use” in Science
The Development of Western Historiography as an Academic Field in China
In Search of a Way to Form the Autonomous People: The Actuality, Social Influence, and Internationality of Historical Studies in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century in Japan
Contributors
Index