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Arne Jarrick was born in 1952, in Sweden.
Photo of Arne Jarrick
Photo of Arne Jarrick
Photo of Arne Jarrick
Photo of Arne Jarrick
Photo of Arne Jarrick
Photo of Arne Jarrick
Photo of Arne Jarrick
(Methods in World History is the first international volum...)
Methods in World History is the first international volume that systematically addresses a number of methodological problems specific to the field of World History. Prompted by a lack of applicable works, the authors advocate a considerable sharpening of the tools used within the discipline. Theories constructed on poor foundations run an obvious risk of reinforcing flawed assumptions, and of propping up other, more ideological constructions. The dedicated critical approach outlined in this volume helps to mitigate such risks. Each essay addresses a particular issue, discussing its problems, giving practical examples, and offering solutions and ways of overcoming the difficulties involved. The perspectives are varied, the criticism focussed, and a common theme of coalescence is maintained throughout.
https://www.amazon.com/Methods-World-History-Critical-Checkpoint/dp/9187675587/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Arne+Jarrick&qid=1607608969&sr=8-1
2016
(The book is a manifesto-like essay aiming to redress some...)
The book is a manifesto-like essay aiming to redress some globally present drawbacks characterizing current research in the humanities: 1. Fragmentation and thematic volatility; 2. A reluctance to acknowledge that humanities research is a truth-seeking enterprise as all scientific research; 3. A certain unwillingness (or inability) to ask clear questions and to provide distinct answers to these questions.
https://www.amazon.com/Research-Questions-about-Human-Condition-ebook/dp/B08NCM1J59/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Arne+Jarrick&qid=1607608969&sr=8-2
2020
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Arne Jarrick was born in 1952, in Sweden.
Arne Jarrick worked as a professor of history at the Department of Economic History and the Department of History at Stockholm University. During the years 2005-2012, he was Secretary-General for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Swedish Research Council.
His Love's Power and Tears: An Eternal History (1997) is a wide-ranging study of the ways in which Swedish poets, theologians, and philosophers have approached women's sexuality. The book ranges from Medieval fears of lusty women inspired by Satan, to more gentle views of sex as God-given, promoted among others by the Moravian Brotherhood. Jarrick also explores the curious philosophical views of female sexuality, seen first as a perversion of male sexuality and only later as separate and equally valid, opening an equally strange debate as to whether women had any sexual feelings. At the same time, he delves into the often dramatic differences between theory and practice, and between the philosophers and the common people.
In Only Human: Studies in the History of Conceptions of Man (2000), Jarrick brings together a series of English-language essays on an even vaster subject, the different conceptions of the human condition from the Reformation to the late 1800s.
In Hamlet's Question: A Swedish History of Suicide (2000), Jarrick draws on sermons and court cases, and his own struggles with suicidal thoughts, to trace the complicated historical attitudes toward a deeply personal act that at the same time was officially a crime and a terrible sin. For Swedish authorities, determining whether a person who committed suicide could be buried in the sacred ground or had to be taken out to the woods like an animal, the motive was supremely important. Melancholy or "feeblemindedness" could be mitigating factors, but despair, which meant a loss of faith in God's mercy, condemned the soul to hell and the body to a disgraceful burial. Jarrick argues that the act of suicide is a kind of accusation against society, transferring personal shame to the community at large and giving a suicide a cultural impact that far outweighs the number of actual suicides.
In 2000 Jarrick published Big Research Questions about the Human Condition: A Historian's Will.
Jarrick is a Professor Emeritus of History at the Center for Evolutionary Cultural Research, Department of Archeology and Ancient Culture at Stockholm University.
(Methods in World History is the first international volum...)
2016(The book is a manifesto-like essay aiming to redress some...)
2020Jarrick has written on the Swedish enlightenment, social conditions in Stockholm, and the different views of suicide in Sweden's history. While his works focus on the specific experience of Sweden, they have much to tell anyone interested in the intellectual history of Europe and have attracted an international readership.
Arne is married and has four children.