The Rise of Comparative History
Published on 30. May 2021
Book
Hardback
418 pages
978-963-386-361-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book - the first of a three-volume overview of comparative and transnational historiography in Europe - focuses on the complex engagement of various comparative methodological approaches with different transnational and supranational frameworks. It considers scales from universal history to meso-regional (i.e. Balkans, Central Europe, etc.) perspectives. In the form of a reader, it displays 18 historical studies written between 1900 and 1943. The collection starts with the French and German methodological discussions around the turn of the twentieth century, stemming from the effort to integrate history with other emerging social sciences on a comparative methodological basis. The volume then turns to the question of structural and institutional comparisons, revisiting various historiographical ventures that tried to sketch out a broader (regional or European-level) interpretative framework to assess the legal systems, patterns of agrarian production, and the common ethnographic and sociocultural features.
In the third part, a number of texts are presented, which put forward a supra-national research framework as an antidote to national exclusivism. While in Western Europe the most obvious such framework was pan-European, in East Central Europe the agenda of comparison was linked usually to a meso-regional framework.
The studies are accompanied by short contextual introductions including biographical information on the respective authors.
In the third part, a number of texts are presented, which put forward a supra-national research framework as an antidote to national exclusivism. While in Western Europe the most obvious such framework was pan-European, in East Central Europe the agenda of comparison was linked usually to a meso-regional framework.
The studies are accompanied by short contextual introductions including biographical information on the respective authors.
Reviews / Votes
"The 18 texts and the excellent overview in the introduction provide a range of fascinating angles for further reflection on comparative methods in historical studies. The emphasis on cross-disciplinary approaches is one of the major strengths of this volume, which will appeal not only to historians but also to scholars in other fields. The accessibility of key readings in English gives reason to hope for greater engagement with these intellectual traditions in the overarching fields of historical enquiry."https://www.comparativ.net/v2/issue/view/172 -- Corinne Geering * Comparativ *
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
756 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-386-361-9 (9789633863619)
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Balazs Trencsenyi | Constantin Iordachi | Peter Apor
The Rise of Comparative History
E-Book
04/2021
Central European University Press
€118.99
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Persons
Balazs Trencsenyi is a Professor at the History Department of Central European University.
Constantin Iordachi is a Professor at the History Department of Central European University and President of the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies.
Peter Apor is permanent research fellow at the Institute of History, Humanities Research Center, Budapest.
Constantin Iordachi is a Professor at the History Department of Central European University and President of the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies.
Peter Apor is permanent research fellow at the Institute of History, Humanities Research Center, Budapest.
Content
Introduction, Comparisons, Transfers, Entanglements: A View from East Central Europe Balazs Trencsenyi, Constantin Iordachi, Peter AporPART I. DEFINING THE COMPARATIVE METHOD Cultural History of the Modern Era Kurt BreysigComparison and the Comparative Method, Particularly in Historical Studies Louis DavilleOn the Comparative Method in History Henri PirenneHistorical Science and Philosophy of History Henri SeeA Contribution Towards a Comparative History of European Societies Marc BlochPART 2. STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS The Preconditions of Representative Government in the Context of World History Otto HintzeThe Balkan Peninsula Jovan Cviji?The Common Character of Southeast European Institutions Nicolae IorgaThe Genesis of the Corvee System in Central Europe since the End of the Middle Ages Jan RutkowskiSerfdom of the Glebe and Fiscal Regime: A Romanian, Slavic, and Byzantine Comparative Historical Essay Gheorghe I. Br?tianuOn the Working Group of the Historiography of Small Nations Istvan HajnalPART 3. BEYOND THE NATIONAL GRAND NARRATIVES The Development of Nationalities in Central-Eastern Europe Marceli HandelsmanWhat Is Eastern Europe? Oskar HaleckiAn Attempt at a Comparative History of the Peoples of Europe Charles SeignobosAim and Significance of Balkan Studies Milan Budimir and Petar SkokThe Effect of the War in Southeastern Europe David MitranyThe Balkan Peninsula and the Problem of Comparative Studies Victor PapacosteaSoutheast Europe and the Balkans Fritz ValjavecAbout the Editors, Index.