The World History of “World History” (Global Focus on Knowledge)
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The World History of Japan within the World
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#1 World History throughout the World
We will take up several examples of how world history and history in general are taught in various nations in the world today, in order to identify common features and points of divergence (Lecture 1). In addition, we will also seek to explain the process, whereby the views concerning the past that can be considered as collectively held (modern history), first spread throughout the world and how …
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#2 Modern History and World History
We will take up several examples of how world history and history in general are taught in various nations in the world today, in order to identify common features and points of divergence (Lecture 1). In addition, we will also seek to explain the process, whereby the views concerning the past that can be considered as collectively held (modern history), first spread throughout the world and how …
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World History as a Modern Field of Learning
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#3 Verifying and Discovering Laws
In these lectures, we aim to consider how well history, as it has become a field of study in contemporary society, has interpreted world history. First, we will explain the special features of empirical research which have formed the foundation for the discipline of modern history. Next, we will introduce historical research emphasizing regularities such as historical materialism, an approach whi…
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#4 Japan/Asia within Comparative History
In these lectures, we aim to consider how well history, as it has become a field of study in contemporary society, has interpreted world history. First, we will explain the special features of empirical research which have formed the foundation for the discipline of modern history. Next, we will introduce historical research emphasizing regularities such as historical materialism, an approach whi…
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#5 Describing a World History that Transcends the Modern Era
In these lectures, we aim to consider how well history, as it has become a field of study in contemporary society, has interpreted world history. First, we will explain the special features of empirical research which have formed the foundation for the discipline of modern history. Next, we will introduce historical research emphasizing regularities such as historical materialism, an approach whi…
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“Japanese History” in Japan－How “Native National History” Is Presented
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#6 Historical Description in Pre-Modern Japan
The way in which history is presented has a lot to do with questions of our self-awareness regarding who we are, from where we have come, where we intend to go. Emphasizing differences between the “self” and the “other” has been pointed out as one of the problems with “world history” at present, but that is not a characteristic peculiar to the study of modern history. We need to recognize that wi…
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#7 Historical Compilation Projects Undertaken by the Meiji Government, and the Historiographical Institute
The way in which history is presented has a lot to do with questions of our self-awareness regarding who we are, from where we have come, where we intend to go. Emphasizing differences between the “self” and the “other” has been pointed out as one of the problems with “world history” at present, but that is not a characteristic peculiar to the study of modern history. We need to recognize that wi…
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“Orthodox” Histories in China and History of Royal Genealogies in Central Eurasias
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#8 The “Chinese” World View and “Orthodox” Histories
The cultural zone which uses Chinese characters, including Japan, has collectively compiled, amassed and shared an enormous amount of historical records, including official histories—beginning with Sima Qian’s Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian). On the other hand, in the eyes of the peoples of such settled agricultural societies, the world of Central Eurasia, mainly made up of nomadic peoples…
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#9 The Genesis of “Chinese History” and “Historical Understanding”
The cultural zone which uses Chinese characters, including Japan, has collectively compiled, amassed and shared an enormous amount of historical records, including official histories—beginning with Sima Qian’s Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian). On the other hand, in the eyes of the peoples of such settled agricultural societies, the world of Central Eurasia, mainly made up of nomadic peoples…
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#10 World Views and Historical Views in Central Eurasia
The cultural zone which uses Chinese characters, including Japan, has collectively compiled, amassed and shared an enormous amount of historical records, including official histories—beginning with Sima Qian’s Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian). On the other hand, in the eyes of the peoples of such settled agricultural societies, the world of Central Eurasia, mainly made up of nomadic peoples…
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The Birth of History in Europe
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#11 “History” Before the Modern Discipline of History
For Europeans in the Middle Ages, there was an intimate connection between the “past” and the Christian faith and traditions, and the Bible was also used as the measure of time for the past. Attempts to slough off such a consciousness of the past began with the antiquarians who were active during the middle part of the early-modern era, although their approach to the past was distinctly different…
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#12 Modern Nationalism and the Creation of “History”
For Europeans in the Middle Ages, there was an intimate connection between the “past” and the Christian faith and traditions, and the Bible was also used as the measure of time for the past. Attempts to slough off such a consciousness of the past began with the antiquarians who were active during the middle part of the early-modern era, although their approach to the past was distinctly different…
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