Decontesting Historical Consciousness

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Decontesting Historical Consciousness provides a comprehensive exploration of historical consciousness, redefining it not just as an academic concept but as a fundamental human state of mind essential for navigating the modern world. By approaching historical consciousness from an ontological perspective, and by viewing humans and the world as both “history-made” and “history-making,” the text illuminates how our understanding of the past directly shapes our individual well-being and collective survival.After an overview of how historical consciousness has been defined over time, this book offers a new ontological definition of the concept. Then it proceeds to analysing the historicity of the world and the human, the historicity of time and historical narratives, and the ways in which history is used. Further, the book discusses the relation of historical consciousness to historical knowledge and historical thinking. A distinctive feature of the work is the introduction of original typologies, including an eleven-part model of historical thinking and a three-tiered quality level of consciousness: innate, reflective, and scholarly. The author also bridges the gap between theory and practice by examining the application of history in politics, education, and entertainment, while utilizing Bloom’s taxonomy to categorize historical knowledge.Designed for scholars, students, and practitioners in history, history education, philosophy, and sociology, this book is an essential resource for those seeking to enhance historical thinking and self-awareness. Its unique “two-timensional” versus “three-timensional” approach makes it a compelling read for anyone interested in how historical narratives and “biocultural” evolution influence contemporary democratic participation and global crises like climate change.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Approaches to History
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041290209

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Apostolos Spanos is professor of History at the University of Agder, Norway. His research and teaching are based on interdisciplinary approaches to history as a discipline and to historical evolution as a phenomenon. His interests lie in applied history, historical consciousness, the multi-dimensionality of historical time, the coinherence of present, past and future, modeling history, the use of AI in studying and teaching history, the use of games to study the past, and the study of innovation as a mode of historical existence and evolution.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction2T and 3T: A reflection on doing HistoryThe cornerstones of historical knowledgeContestation and decontestation of historical consciousness2. Historical consciousness contestedHistorical consciousness as consciousness of historicityHistorical consciousness as temporal consciousnessRüsen’s typology of historical consciousnessHistorical consciousness as a meaning-making mental processHistorical consciousness and historical thinkingHistorical consciousness, collective memory and the use of historyHistorical consciousness as an essentially contested concept Merging reflections3. Decontesting historical consciousnessDefinition of consciousnessDefinition of historical consciousness4. Being conscious of the historicity of the world5. Being conscious of the historicity of the beingBiological consciousness Social consciousnessCultural consciousnessBiocultural consciousnessHistoricity of the being and historical empathy6. Being conscious of the historicity of timeCategories of timeDimensions of historical timeLayers of historical time Space of Experience and Horizon of Expectation7. Being conscious of the historicity of historical narrativesHistorical narratives and their contentTypes of historical narrativesChronology, periodization and concepts as challenges8. Being conscious of the use of historyRethining history use in relation to historical consciounsnessTypes of history useMerging reflections9. Being conscious of historical knowledgeTouching on (parts of) historical knowledgeTypes of historical knowledgeThe process of historical knowledge —and its limitsMerging reflections10. Being conscious of historical thinkingTypes of historical thinkingContent-related typesOperation-related typesEpistemological typesFrom awareness to consciousness, via thinking11. Innate, reflective and scholarly historical consciousness12. ConclusionsBibliography