Christer Ahlberger - Böcker

Ny bok om Hallands historia! När kom de första människorna till Halland? Har Halland verkligen varit ett eget rike? Hur gick det till när det danska Halland blev svenskt? Och hur kunde det en gång så fattiga Halland bli ett av Sveriges snabbast växande län? Detta och mycket mer om vår historia från jägarstenåldern till nutid finns med i denna bok Hallands historia - Gränsland genom tiderna. Inte sedan 1950-talet har det getts ut en bok om Hallands historia. Sedan dess har mycket ny kunskap och många nya perspektiv på historien tillkommit. Boken Hallands historia – Gränsland genom tiderna är rikt illustrerad och skriven av 36 författare, alla med specialkunskaper inom sitt område. Boken ges ut av Hallands Akademi.

This book is the first introduction to the new field called cognitive history. The last decades have seen a noticeable increase in cognitive science studies that have changed the understanding of human thinking. Its relevance for historical research cannot be overlooked any more. Cognitive history could be explained as the study of how humans in history used their cognitive abilities in order to understand the world around them and to orient themselves in it, but also how the world outside their bodies affected their way of thinking. In focus for this book is the relationship between history and cognition, the human mind’s interaction with the environment in time and space. It especially discusses certain cognitive abilities in interaction with the environment, which can be studied in historical sources, namely: evolution, language, rationality, spatiality, and materiality. Cognitive history can give us a deeper understanding of how – and not only what – people thought, and about the interaction between the human mind and the surrounding world.