Introduction to Symposium on The Humble Cosmopolitan by Luis Cabrera

This piece introduces a symposium on Luis Cabrera’s The Humble Cosmopolitan (Oxford University Press, 2020), which is a comparative political theory text in three senses. First, it expands conventional conversation partners to include authors who are engaged in constructing their nation out of a colonial context, principally, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is a scholar, politician, Chairman of the Constitutional Drafting Committee for the newly independent India, and Dalit activist (“Dalit” being the self-applied term for those outside of the Hindu caste hierarchy) and Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar, the historical thought leader of Hindu nationalism. Second, Cabrera reaches across the colonized-colonizer divide, engaging with intra-nation difference, enabling cross-time comparisons, broadening the moral and political meanings of, contributions to, and criticisms of cosmopolitan thinking. Third, using grounded normative theory, it is methodologically comparative, utilizing the author’s own empirical research through over 150 interviews of activists and politicians from both Indian and European cosmopolitan and anti-cosmopolitan struggles.

HUSTYNSKYI LITOPYS: A DOCUMENTARY MONUMENT OF UKRAINIAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Ukrainian historical thought of the seventeenth century is an interesting intellectual phenomenon, the genesis and social and cultural functioning of which took place against the background of political, geopolitical and interfaith confrontation in Eastern Europe. In Ukrainian historiography, this period of cultural and intellectual development was called “the first Ukrainian national and cultural revival”. Its characteristic feature was the growing interest of society in historical memory, in particular, in the memory of the Ancient Rus era as the origins of Rus-Ukraine, which is trying to find its place among other peoples of Europe. The question of reflecting the ancient n era in the historical thought of Ukraine in the late sixteenth − seventeenth centuries. in historiography it is elaborated in fragments, within the framework of side plots, at best, at the level of coverage of the views of individual authors (Feodosii Sofonovych, Inokentii Hizel, author of the Ukrainian Chronograph, some Polish writers, etc.). Among the monuments of historical thought of this tame period, the “Hustynskyi Litopys” attracts attention, the authorship of which is still the subject of discussion. The problem of authorship of the monument is quite old, but this issue has not been finally resolved. There is an assumption that y 20s of the seventeenth century. Zacharii Kopystenskyi worked on the chronicle. The list of Mykhailo Losytskyi, the hieromonk of the Hustyn monastery, made in 1670, is considered to be the final edition of the monument. This editing preserves the conceptual identity and consistency of presentation. The chronicle, despite its conceptual dependence on Polish literature, is based on its own concept, within substantiates the peculiarities of Rus' historical path among neighboring peoples, and explains the genesis of the Cossack factor, which became decisive in Eastern European politics of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Ukrainian historical thought in the form of a chronicle of the 16−17th century needs further meticulous research.

Outstanding Project of Russian Vietnamese Studies

The review focuses on the seventh volume of the Complete Annals of Daiviet (Đại Việt sử k ton thư), published in 2020. This central monument of Vietnamese traditional historical thought has not been translated into European languages. Volume seven presents a translation of chapters XVIXVII, covering the period of Vietnamese history from 1533 to 1599. The book consists of several parts: a study on Vietnam China relations and political history of North Vietnam in the 16th century, the translation itself, and a detailed commentary. The Appendices section contains translations of Chinese and Vietnamese works. The translation from hanviet was done by the leading Russian expert on Vietnamese history A.L. Fedorin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, who also wrote the research part and comments. The publication of the seventh volume of the Complete Annals of Daiviet can be attributed to the outstanding achievements of the Russian scholar.

Peter Munz and Historical Thought

Few philosophers of history ever recognized the profundity of Peter Munz’s The Shapes of Time that came out in 1977. In this book Munz upheld the view that no part or aspect of the past itself provides us with the solid fundament of all historical knowledge. For him, the historian’s most fundamental logical entity is what he calls the Sinngebild. The Sinngebild consists of two events defined and held together by a covering law. These CL’s can be anything from simple truisms, the regularities we know from daily life to truly scientific laws. But ‘underneath’ these Sinngebilde there is nothing. Hence, Munz’s bold assertation: ‘the truth of the matter is that there is no ascertainable face behind the various masks every story-teller is creating’ and his claim that his philosophy of history is ‘an idealism writ small’. Next, Munz distinguishes between ‘explanation’ and ‘interpretation’. We ‘explain’ the past by taking seriously the historical agent’s self-description and ‘interpret’ it by stating what it looks like from our present perspective. ‘Explanation’ and ‘interpretation’ may ‘typologically’ be more or less similar. Relying on a number of very well-chosen examples from his own field (Munz was a medievalist), this enables Munz to argue why one historical interpretation may be superior to another. In his later life Munz developed a speculative philosophy of history inspired by Popper’s fallibilism.

Desarrollo de la conciencia histórica. Una propuesta de intervención y evaluación para la Educación de Adultos

En esta investigación abordamos una cuestión fundamental de la enseñanza de la historia como es el desarrollo de la conciencia histórica ligada al pensamiento histórico. Para ello, se ha elaborado una conceptualización exhaustiva de las competencias de la conciencia y el pensamiento histórico, con el objetivo de evaluar su progreso en un grupo de diecisiete estudiantes que cursan la asignatura de historia en la Educación de Adultos. La evaluación se ha realizado a partir de una propuesta didáctica diseñada a tal efecto e implementada a lo largo del curso académico 2019-2020. Los resultados muestran que, a través de la metodología aplicada, basada en actividades de indagación e interpretación histórica, los estudiantes pueden mejorar sus niveles de conciencia y pensamiento histórico. Además, se comprueba que, a pesar de tratarse de dos ámbitos diferenciados del conocimiento, ambos grupos competenciales progresan de manera paralela y complementaria. The development of historical consciousness linked to historical thought, a fundamental issue in the teaching of history, is addressed in this research. To carry it out, an exhaustive conceptualization of the competences of consciousness and historical thought has been developed, with the aim of evaluating their progress in a group of seventeen history students in Adult Education. The evaluation has been made from a didactic proposal designed for this purpose and implemented throughout the 2019-2020 academic year. The results show that, through the applied methodology, based on historical inquiry and interpretation activities, students can improve their levels of consciousness and historical thinking. In addition, it is found that, despite being two different aspects of historical knowledge, both competence groups progress in a parallel and complementary way.

LEGAL REGULATION OF NAVAL FORCES ACTIVITY: WORLD EXPERIENCE

Background. The analysis of the evolution of the regulation of the navy cannot be carried out without considering the reflection of the relevant aspects in the naval historical thought. These scientific researches first of all have no legal orientation and have as their subject the content and nature of the activity of the navy, in particular in measuring its formation and development. At the same time, their generalization and evaluation in the legal dimension would be useful in the context of determining the relationship between historical thought and the development of naval law. An analysis of recent research and publications has shown that, despite aspects of the attention of legal historians to the issue of regulatory support of the armed forces, there is no relevant works on the evolution of the legal regulation of the navy. The aim of the article is to correlate global historical thought and legal support for the activities of the navy. To solve this goal, it is necessary to determine the development of relevant historical thought, to characterize its implementation in the works on naval doctrine and strategy, to assess the importance of relevant works for the development of naval law. Materials and methods. In the course of the research historical-legal, comparative, systemic, epistemological, hermeneutic, biographical methods were used. Results. The reflection of aspects of legal regulation of activity of naval forces in works of historians of fleet is investigated. The formation of the history of the navy from the seventeenth century in terms of special research and works on naval tactics and strategy is considered. It is proved that at the first stage these researches had the character of empirical generalization and provision of tactical activity of the sailing and then mechanized fleet, but from the end of the XIX century this experience was gained in the development of a maritime strategy. Conclusion. Historical studies of naval development first emerged at the appropriate scientific level as part of the development of naval tactics and strategies by French, British and American authors, whose works constitute an interconnected universal and universally recognized system of scientific research begun in the late seventeenth century. At the first stage, these studies were in the nature of empirical generalization and ensuring the tactical activities of the sailing and then mechanized fleet. But from the end of the XIX century this experience was gained in the development of a naval strategy, which gained universal character and indisputable authority for the naval forces of the most countries. In addition to use in works on naval tactics and strategy, the history of the navy from the eighteenth century reflected in biographical works, and in the twentieth century the most of the relevant historical works began to have the character of memoirs. Because the world-renowned fundamental works on naval strategy and tactics belong primarily to American and British authors, the domestic dimension of historical scientific research in this area is extremely limited. Thus, these issues require new research. Keywords: naval forces, history of navy, naval law, naval doctrine, naval strategy.

El tiempo histórico y el aprendizaje significativo. Propuesta de una línea del tiempo para la comprensión del Tiempo histórico

Diversas investigaciones han subrayado las dificultades para el aprendizaje de los conceptos históricos y, entre ellos, los relacionados a la cronología, las cuestiones de cambio y permanencia, y la duración de las diferentes etapas de desarrollo histórico y social, cuyas causas son debidas principalmente a cómo son presentados estos tópicos en los libros de texto, pero fundamentalmente en las prácticas docentes cotidianas, que impiden el desarrollo del pensamiento histórico y la comprensión del tiempo histórico. Se presenta una propuesta de una línea de tiempo trabajada con alumnos de la Licenciatura en Pedagogía en la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN), diseñada desde las ideas del aprendizaje significativo de Ausubel, no como actividad didáctica, sino como recurso de aprendizaje, donde los alumnos participan activamente en la construcción de la línea del tiempo calculando, midiendo, buscando información y colocando los hechos históricos y, además, y los resultados obtenidos en la comprensión del tiempo histórico. Various investigations have highlighted the difficulties for learning historical concepts and, among them, those related to chronology, questions of change and permanence, and the duration of the different stages of historical and social development, the causes are mainly due to how are these topics in textbooks, but fundamentally in everyday teaching practices, which impede the development of historical thought and the understanding of historical time. A proposal for a timeline worked with students of the Bachelor of Pedagogy at the National Pedagogical University (UPN) is presented, designed from the ideas of Ausubel's meaningful learning, not as a didactic activity, but as a learning resource, where students They actively participate in the construction of the timeline by calculating, measuring, searching for information and placing historical facts and, in addition, and the results obtained in understanding historical time.

On the Roads from Intra-Ethnic Polyphony to Ethno-National “Symphony”: The Kosovo Myth and Serbian Historians in the 1980s and 1990s

Этно-исторические мифы признаны одним из важнейших факторов формирования национальной памяти, конструирования идентичности и разжигания межэтнических конфликтов. При этом исследователи часто сосредотачиваются на межгрупповом противостоянии мифотворцев-интеллектуалов и войнах памяти. Такой подход нивелирует внутриэтническое многоголосие и создает представление о национальной памяти как едином целом. Развитие косовского мифа в среде сербских историков партийно-югославистского, национально-патриотического и скептического течений 1980–1990-х гг. иллюстрирует процессы формирования внутрицехового разноречия. Оно также помогает понять, как внутриэтническое разноголосие эволюционирует в этнонациональное единогласие при встрече с Другим. The scholars of nationalism and memory see ethno-historical myths as important factors in forging national memory, constructing cultural identity, and fueling ethnic conflicts. However, the literature tends to focus on the inter-communal competition between intellectuals, memory wars, and the incompatibility of ethnic claims. This approach neglects intra-ethnic polyphony, thus, contributing to the tendency of seeing “national memory” as a single whole. The case of the famous Kosovo myth in the ranks of Serbian intellectuals of the 1980s–1990s, who belonged to the party-Yugoslavist, Serbian ethno-nationalist and skeptical currents of historical thought, illustrates how intra-ethnic mythopoeic polyphony develops. It also helps to understand how the intra-ethnic polyphony evolves into an ethno-national “symphony” in face of the Other.

Species and Salvation: Theology of History in the Anthropocene?

In this article I will discuss various thoughts of a few recent representatives of the tradition of the philosophy of history—Heinz Dieter Kittsteiner, Ulrich Beck, and finally Karl Rahner—and bring them into a conversation with Dipesh Chakrabarty's work on the problems of human species history and the Anthropocene. The aim of this undertaking is to gain greater clarity on the question of the work that theology continues to do for historical thought. I argue that Rahner's notions about “inclusivism”—according to which the possibility of salvation is vested in the species history of humanity rather than in the history of Christian revelation—and his related notion of an irresolvable tension between “anonymous” and what one might then call “onomastic” histories signal the continuing significance of a theology of the baptismal sacrament for historical thought. Rereading Rahner's thought sheds light on certain quandaries of the Anthropocene discussion, regarding the way in which species history can be related to other kinds of history writing, and the novel opening for theodicy generated by the breakdown of the culture–nature divide.