HIST 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mount Tai, Dualism, Simon Schama
1 Jun 2016
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Historiography: both the study of the methodology of historians and the development of history as a discipline, and also to a body of historical work on a particular subject. Derivation from the ancient greek historia ( learning through inquiry ) Thompson (1924-93): history is the queen of the humanities . Edmund burke (1729-1797): those who don"t know history are doomed to repeat it . 1943): history is not a dead subject [it] lies under the present, silently shaping our institutions, our ways of thought, our likes and dislikes. E. h. carr (1892-1982): history is an unending dialogue between the present and the past. Friedrich nietzsche (1844-1900): historians impose order on facts to create truth. Answering the who, what, where, when, why, and how when reading or developing history. Herodotus (484-425 bce): father of history ; focused heavily on evidence; preferred written work.
