Is there a "Nordic history"? If so, what are its origins, its scope, and its defining features? In this informative volume, scholars from all five Nordic nations tackle a notoriously problematic historical concept. Whether recounting Foucault's departure from Sweden or tracing the rise of movements such as "aristocratic empiricism," each contribution takes a deliberately transnational approach that is grounded in careful research, yielding rich, nuanced perspectives on shifting and contested historical terrain.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Nordic Historiography: From Methodological Nationalism to Empirical Transnationalism
Simon Larsson, Marja Jalava, and Pertti Haapala
Chapter 1. Writing Our History: The History of the 'Finnish People' (As Written) by Zacharias Topelius and Vä inö Linna
Pertti Haapala
Chapter 2. The Impact of Grundtvig's Ideology on Icelandic Historiography
Ingi Sigurð sson
Chapter 3. Cultural Aspects of the Pan-Scandinavian Movement: The Perspective of Historians
Kristí n Bragadó ttir
Chapter 4. National, International or Transnational? Works and Networks of the Early Nordic Historians of Society
Marja Jalava
Chapter 5. Scientific Historiography and its Discontents - Danish and Swedish 'Aristocratic Empiricism
Simon Larsson
Chapter 6. Nationalist Internationalism: Danish and Norwegian Historical Research in the Aftermath of the First World War
Jon Rø yne Kyllingstad
Chapter 7. Nordic Networks at Work: Power Struggles in the Scandinavian Historical Field, 1935-1942
Pelle Oliver Larsen
Chapter 8. The Rhythm and Implicit Canon of Nordic History by Eli F. Heckscher and Eino Jutikkala
Petteri Norring
Chapter 9. Negotiating Norden: Nordic Historians Revising History Textbooks, 1920-1970
Henrik Å strö m Elmersjö
Chapter 10. Loneliness: Being a Woman in the Nordic Community of Historians
Mervi Kaarninen
Chapter 11. Trans-Nordic Neo-empiricism in a European Setting - Or, Why Did Foucault Leave Uppsala?
Peter Edelberg
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