CONTENT

Word of Introduction

LITHUANIA AND THE UNIVERSAL THEORIES OF HISTORY

Alfredas Bumblauskas. Five theoretical innovations by Zenonas Ivinskis

Edvardas Gudavičius. Law of a“Shuffled Deck of Cards”

Zenonas Norkus. The concept of feodalism by Max Weber and Lithuania‘s history

Evaldas Bakonis. Lithuania within the model of civilizations‘ history (drawing parralels between the attitudes held by Zenonas Ivinskis and Arnold Joseph Toynbee)

PROBLEMS OF PERIODIZATION: ATTITUDES HELD BY LITERARY CRITICS, HISTORIANS AND ARCHEOLOGISTS

Juozas Girdzijauskas. On Periodization of the History of Lithuanian Literature

Aldona Vasiliauskienė. Prof.Juozas Eretas and his views on the history of Lithuanian literature: From the periodical „Tėvynės sargas“ to „Naujoji Romuva“

Jurijus Ševcovas. Periodization of the history of the Great Duchy of Lithuania

Albinas Kuncevičius, Aleksiejus Luchtanas. Lithuania‘s prehistory and Lithuania‘s history: the problem of a turning point

HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LITHUANIA‘S HISTORY

Mečislovas Jučas. Historiography at Vilnius University from 1803 to 1832: in between Enlightenment and Romanticism

Algirdas Šidlauskas. Concept of Lithuania‘s history by Ignas Onacevičius

Zenonas Butkus. Romantic baltophylia in Latvia‘s historiography

Sigitas Jegelevičius. Lithuanian historian Jerzy Orda

Eligijus Raila. The legend of Palemonas: historiographic origins of the text

EPOCHS AND PROCESSES

Antanas Kulakauskas. Model of Lithuania’s history of the 19th century by Vincas Trumpa

Stasys Pamerneckis. On the issue of the nature of economic changes in Lithuania from the end of 18^th century to the first half of the 19^th century

Arûnas Vyšniauskas. On the turning points of social history in Lithuania in the 19^th and 20^th cent.

Algirdas Jakubčionis. The formation of periodization and concept of Lithuania’s history (1940–1990) in the studies of emigree historians

Saulius Pivoras. The problem of nationalism in modern Western historiography

Paulius Subačius. Methodological meaning of the concept of national liberation culture

Grigorijus Potašenko. Modern Lithuanian historiography: the concept of “the nation” and methodology of history

RELATED GLIMPSES

Albinas Bagdonas. Historical psychology. Problems and perspectives.

Jonas Boruta. History of the Church in the studies of Lithuania’s history

Eglė Laumenskaitė. Crisis of the concept of society: historiographical and sociological search

Arūnas Poviliūnas. Didactics of history and historical consciousness: the problem of interrelation

Kęstutis Dubnikas. Historical reality and „understanding” the hermeneutical approach