Comparative history of cultures and societies. From cross-societal analysis to the study of intercultural interdependencies.

Autor/in	Siegrist, Hannes
Titel	Comparative history of cultures and societies. From cross-societal analysis to the study of intercultural interdependencies.
Quelle	In: Comparative education, 46 (2006) 3, S. 377-404Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068; 1360-0486
DOI	10.1080/03050060600890245
Schlagwörter	Kultur; Vergleichende Forschung; Gesellschaft; Interkulturalität; Kulturgeschichte; Sozialgeschichte; Geschichtswissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract	The key element in comparative history is the problem of cultural and social differentiation and difference on the one hand, assimilation and similarity on the other. Comparative historical science relativizes local, national and regional conceptions of history and interpretations of self and other by systematically linking historical experiences, paths of development and socialization processes. The historical comparison of societies and cultures is a specific, multi-perspective and interactive way of reconstructing and representing the past. The article presents an outline of the history of comparative historical science and discusses its epistemological basis, research topics, main concepts and methods. It analyses the shift from cross-societal analysis to the study of intercultural interdependence and shows why comparative social history became a pioneer of cultural and international history in Europe. The author concludes that comparative historical science should concentrate on the problems of spatializing social and symbolic organizations and institutions and the problems of inter-societal and intercultural interactions and relations. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2007/3