Routledge Companion to Big History

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Companion to Big HistoryAuthor(s): Craig Benjamin, Esther Quaedackers, David Baker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032090498, 978-1032090498\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Companion to Big History guides readers though the variety of themes and concepts that structure contemporary scholarship in the field of big history.\n\nThe volume is divided into five parts, each representing current and evolving areas of interest to the community, including big historys relationship to science, social science, the humanities, and the future, as well as teaching big history and little big histories. Considering an ever-expanding range of theoretical, pedagogical and research topics, the book addresses such questions as what is the relationship between big history and scientific research, how are big historians working with philosophers and religious thinkers to help construct meaning, how are leading theoreticians m.