HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Whig History, Totalitarianism, Age Of Enlightenment
13 Nov 2020
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Giles fraser, the idea of history as progress is underpinned by a hidden theology : ~ his main point: there is a religious aspect to the idea of progress" which has been secularized. The idea of progress originated from christian eschatology: the belief that history is the expression of god"s purpose for humanity, that it begins with the fall and works its way towards the salvation of the human race. The teleology of progress" is derived from the christian belief that history is always working towards some final end or purpose. ~ whig history": those who would see that past as the inevitable march of progress towards liberty and enlightenment, eventually culminating in liberal democracy . + the term was created by the british historian herbert butterfield in his 1931 book the whig interpretation of history. Alain de benoist, a brief history of the idea of progress :
