Synopses & Reviews
This book reflects on the culture wars over the historical canon in today's globalizing world. It discusses the attempts to review and transcend the received canon in historical research and teaching in Europe, Canada, the United States and South Africa. In the aftermath of the culture wars, the national and Western canons still largely dominate teaching and public memory. The book addresses the challenge of moving beyond these traditional narratives without sacrificing history as a coherent, attractive, and teachable subject.
Synopsis
'Beyond the Canon' deals with recent politicized processes of canonization and its implications for historical culture in a globalizing and postcolonial world. The volume discusses the framing and transmission of historical knowledge and its consequences for the construction of narratives and the teaching of history in multicultural environments.
Synopsis
Introduction: Beyond the Canon: History in a Globalizing World; S.Stuurman & M.Grever PART 1: THE FRAMING OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE Who Needs a Canon?; P.Seixas Plurality, Narrative and the Historical Canon; M.Grever From National Canon to Historical Literacy; P.Lee 'Another Brick in the Wall'. Historical Culture and History Teaching; K.Ribbens PART 2: FOUNDATIONS AND REVISIONS OF THE WESTERN CANON Can the Enlightenment provide a Canon for Modernity?; S.Stuurman The Canon after the Crisis of the Humanities; E.Jonker Rethinking the Nation in German Historical Museums; H.Henrichs Moving History: How Gender has touched the Canon; G.Mak PART 3: TRANSMISSION OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE IN MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS Heritage Museums and the Transformation of South African History; C.Rassool Internationalizing the Classic United States History Survey; P.Stearns French History Confronts the Multicultural; N.Tutiaux Decolonization and the Canon; S.Leg ne & B.Waaldijk Disrupting the Canon: The Case of Slavery; A.van Stipriaan LuIscius
Synopsis
This book reflects on the culture wars over the historical canon in today's globalizing world. It discusses the attempts to review and transcend the received canon in historical research and teaching in Europe, Canada, the United States and South Africa. In the aftermath of the culture wars, the national and Western canons still largely dominate teaching and public memory. The book addresses the challenge of moving beyond these traditional narratives without sacrificing history as a coherent, attractive, and teachable subject.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Beyond the Canon: History in a Globalizing World--
M. Grever and
S. Stuurman * PART 1: THE FRAMING OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE * Who Needs a Canon?--
P. Seixas * Plurality, Narrative, and the Historical Canon--
M. Grever * From National Canon to Historical Literacy--
P. Lee * "Another Brick in the Wall." Historical Culture and History Teaching--
K. Ribbens * PART 2: FOUNDATIONS AND REVISIONS OF THE WESTERN CANON * Can the Enlightenment provide a Canon for Modernity?--
S. Stuurman * The Canon after the Crisis of the Humanities--
E. Jonker * Rethinking the Nation in German Historical Museums--
H. Henrichs * Moving History: How Gender has touched the Canon--
G. Mak * PART 3: TRANSMISSION OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE IN MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS * Heritage Museums and the Transformation of South African History--
C. Rassool * Internationalizing the Classic United States History Survey--
P. Stearns * French History Confronts the Multicultural--
N.Tutiaux * Decolonization and the Canon--
S. Legêne and
B. Waaldijk * Disrupting the Canon: The Case of Slavery--
A. van Stipriaan Luïscius