Bulletin n. 1/2017
June 2017
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Friedrichs Anne
    Zwischen Nationalisierung und Universalisierung. Narrative und Funktionen der britischen und der französischen Geschichtswissenschaft im Vergleich (1919–1939)
    in Historische Zeitschrift , Volume 304, Issue 1 (Feb 2017) ,  2017 ,  90-123
    Between Nationalisation and Universalisation. Narratives and Functions of British and French Historiography in Comparison (1919–1939) Abstract In recent years, interest in integrating various historiographical traditions by considering competing approaches and their discursive, institutional, and political contexts has increased. Such integration has occurred for various reasons and is based not least upon continued endeavours to expand the historical sciences toward accounting for the much-debated processes of globalisation and Europeanisation. Yet, in this respect, scholarly positions diverge regarding the importance of the nation and nation state as reference points for writing history in Europe, particularly prior to 1945. Amid both these disputes and the persistence of historical master narratives, this study aims to contribute to an understanding of the principles that guided the construction of narratives in British and French historiography, as well as to reflect on the role claimed by some historians. For both the British and French during the nearly twenty years following World War I, historians constructed meanings that by no means focused exclusively on the nation and the nation state. Instead, their narratives were based upon principles, norms, and processes such as freedom, participation, social responsibility, a balance of interests, and civic education, all of which they presented partly as particular knowledge and partly as universalist knowledge. This trend demonstrates not only that the construction of large-scale traditions was an integral part of some European historiographies, even before 1945. Moreover, several approaches coexisted whose proponents also commented on imperial questions as well as on overseas processes, while partly drawing on expertise from outside.
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