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Renommierter Historikerinnen und Historiker der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin zeigen, wie sie Geschichte denken und schreiben.

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Today, history is being written about much differently than used to be the case: more variedly, more vividly, more grippingly. In modern historical writing humans and their actions stand at the center of attention - as well as their everyday life and their emotions. We learns about the many diverse experiences men and women have, and the symbolic forms they use to communicate with each other. Politics is considered an area of representation and power, economics as a marketplace for chances, and society as the attempt to establish cultural order. This volume collects contributions by renowned historians from the Humboldt University in Berlin, who show how they have come to think about and pursue historical matters. These studies stretch over many eras and give us an intellectually stimulating look at the diversity of modern historical thought.

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Today, history is being written about much differently than used to be the case: more variedly, more vividly, more grippingly. In modern historical writing humans and their actions stand at the center of attention as well as their everyday life and their emotions. We learns about the many diverse experiences men and women have, and the symbolic forms they use to communicate with each other. Politics is considered an area of representation and power, economics as a marketplace for chances, and society as the attempt to establish cultural order. This volume collects contributions by renowned historians from the Humboldt University in Berlin, who show how they have come to think about and pursue historical matters. These studies stretch over many eras and give us an intellectually stimulating look at the diversity of modern historical thought.

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Nützenadel, Alexander
Dr. Alexander Nützenadel ist Professor für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin.

Baberowski, Jörg
Dr. Jörg Baberowski ist Professor für Geschichte Osteuropas an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin. Er hat zahlreiche Bücher zur Geschichte der Sowjetunion im 20. Jahrhundert und zum Stalinismus veröffentlicht.

Metzler, Gabriele
Dr. Gabriele Metzler ist Professorin für die Geschichte Westeuropas und der transatlantischen Beziehungen an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Mergel, Thomas
Dr. Thomas Mergel ist Professor für Europäische Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Wildt, Michael
Dr. Michael Wildt ist Professor für Deutsche Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts mit Schwerpunkt im Nationalsozialismus an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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